The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 continued today (Thursday 28 November 2024) at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England, as 46 boxers from 12 countries competed in 23 bouts.
It proved to be a good day for England as six of their boxers enjoyed victories and means the home nation will have four men and three women in tomorrow’s finals as heavyweight, Isaac Okoh, received a bye in his semi-final to go straight into Saturday’s final.
The women’s 66kg final promises to be a particularly intriguing battle as it will see England teammates Kayla Allen and Dione Burman square off in the lone bout on Saturday’s schedule with two competitors from the same country.
Other nations with a strong interest in the final day of competition include Brazil which has three women and three men going for gold. Japan has five finalists while Korea and Mongolia have three competitors and two competitors, respectively in the finals. China, Chinese Taipei and Italy each have one.
Seven of the boxers that will feature in tomorrow’s finals competed at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris and include Brazil’s Luiz Oliveira and Shudai Harada of Japan who will square off in the men’s 57kg bout. It promises to be an top class contest in what has been one of the stand-out weight classes at this week’s competition in Sheffield.
The finals are set to begin Saturday at 12:00 GMT and will be broadcast live on the World Boxing YouTube channel here where fans can also see every other bout from this week’s action in the inaugural World Boxing Cup Finals 2024.
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