A historic fifth day of boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games saw 25 men and women secure medals as the quarter finals got underway in the women’s bantamweight (W54kg), lightweight (W60kg), welterweight (W65kg) and middleweight (W75kg) divisions and the men’s bantamweight (M54kg), welterweight (M65kg) and heavyweight (M90kg) competitions.
It saw the host nation, Scotland, win its first ever medal in women’s boxing and Lesotho secure only its fourth ever Commonwealth Games medal.
England was the most successful nation on the day and has guaranteed the team will leave Glasgow with at least six medals. The next best performing teams were India and Australia which are both guaranteed three medals each after the first day of quarter finals with 28 more to come on Wednesday.
The first person to win a boxing medal at the Glasgow 2026 was England’s Lauren Mackie who comfortably outpointed Helen Jones of Wales on all five judges’ scorecards to earn a place in Friday’s semi-finals and a chance to upgrade the colour of her medal to silver or gold.
She will face Scarlett Savannah Delgado in the semis after the Canadian became the second medal winner of the Games with a unanimous victory over New Zealand’s Greer Hall.
Joining them on Friday will be Caitlin Rainey who made history when she became the first Scottish woman in history to win a Commonwealth Games medal in boxing as she secured the hosts first medal in the ring at Glasgow 2026.
The 23-year-old from Renton completely dominated her welterweight (W65kg) clash with Flora Loga of Papua New Guinea, which was ended by the referee in the second round, after Rainey inflicted three knockdowns on her opponent. Rainey will face Kaci Rock in Friday’s semi after the Northern Irishwoman’s unanimous defeat of Niue’s Karen Te Ruki Pasene.
The other female bouts in the early afternoon session saw Fatima Zahra of Pakistan and Marie-Bathoul Al-Ahmadieh of Canada, guarantee medals at lightweight (W60kg) to set-up a semi-final showdown on Friday.
In the men’s weights, one of the highlights of the session came at welterweight (M65kg), where Pooana Khoahli of Lesotho won his country’s fourth ever medal in the history of the Commonwealth Games as he defeated Ziggy Agathe of Mauritius.
Two of Lesotho’s other three medals also came in boxing, when Ezekiel Letuka won bronze at Manchester 2002 and Moses Kopo took silver in Melbourne in 2006. Khoahli will face Australia’s Jacob Cassar in the semi-final after he edged-out Gabriel Labrie from Canada on a 3:2 split.
The other boxers to guarantee medals in the afternoon session were Ghana’s Amadu Mohammed and Jye Dixon from Australia at bantamweight (M55kg) and Wales’ Connor Williams and Garyn McAllister of Northern Ireland in the heavyweight (M90kg) division.
After a mixed afternoon, the evening session was a triumph for England, which won all five bouts with victories for Lucy Kings-Wheatley (W60kg), Sacha Hickey (W65kg), Mary-Kate Smith (W75kg), Patris Mughalzai (M65kg) and Isaac Okoh (M90kg).
India enjoyed a strong evening performance with two wins for Preeti Preeti at bantamweight (W54kg)and Priya Priya at lightweight (W60kg) to ensure they finished the day with three medals.
Australia also finished the day on three medals after Eve Elizabeth Bryson defeated Emily Nakalema of Uganda on a 4:1 split. She will face England’s Sacha Hickey in Friday’s semi-finals.
For the host nation, Scotland, the day finished on a high as Robert McNulty convincingly outpointed India’s Kapil Pokhariya to add to Caitlin Rainey’s historic medal earlier in the day.
McNulty will face England’s Isaac Okoh in the Friday’s semi-final. Connor Williams of Wales will meet Garyn McAllister of Northern Ireland to complete a mouthwatering all home nation line-up the men’s heavyweight (M90kg) semis.
It means that at the end of the day, 12 countries are currently guaranteed a medal in boxing: England (6); Australia and India (3); Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Zambia ((2); and Ghana, Lesotho, Namibia, Pakistan and Wales (1).
All of today’s results, details of the draw, daily schedules and all other competition information is HERE.
Tomorrow’s action will feature 28 more quarter finals across two sessions of boxing, starting at 12:00 and 18:00 local time.
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