The final day of action at the ‘World Boxing Cup: USA Boxing International Invitational’ in Pueblo, Colorado saw the home nation finish top of the medal table with three golds for flyweight (51kg), Terry Washington, light-welterweight (63.5kg), Dedrick Crocklem, and light-heavyweight (80kg), Amir Anderson. The latter two were decided by walkovers as their opponents pulled-out through injury.
It meant the USA narrowly pipped Brazil, China and Great Britain, who each won two golds, to the coveted slot at the top of the medal table. Algeria, Australia, Canada and Denmark all finished with one gold medallist.
The two walkovers meant that the final day saw 11 bouts, which included a number of top-class match-ups featuring boxers that have already qualified for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
In the men’s light-middleweight division, Denmark’s European Games champion, Nikolai Terteryan, continued his excellent form with a split decision (4:1) victory over the USA’s Keon Davis to add to the gold medal he won at this year’s first World Boxing Cup event in Sheffield in January.
Another intriguing battle took place in the men’s featherweight (57kg) category where Brazil’s Luiz Oliveira and Great Britain’s Owain Harris met in a re-match of their qualification bout from the recent 1st World Qualifying Tournament in Italy. Once again, it was the Brazilian who prevailed with a victory that was much closer than the unanimous verdict indicated.
The women’s competition saw four of the six medals go to China and Great Britain with wins for Yu Wu (50kg), Wen Lu Yang (60kg), Charley Davison (54kg) and Elise Glynn (57kg). Algeria’s sole gold came in the light-welterweight (66kg) category where Paris-bound, Imen Khelif, secured a unanimous victory over Emilie Sonvico of France.
The women’s middleweight (75kg) final saw a face-off between two members of World Boxing’s Athlete Committee, Tammara Thibeault of Canada and Australia’s Caitlin Parker. The pair have boxed each other before and could meet again in this summer’s Olympics, however on this occasion it was the Canadian 2022 world champion, Thibeault, who prevailed with a unanimous win.
The full list of gold medallists includes:
Women’s 50kg: Yu Wu (CHN)
Women’s 54kg: Charley Davison (GBR)
Women’s 57kg: Elise Glynn (GBR)
Women’s 60kg: Wen Lu Yang (CHN)
Women’s 66kg: Imen Khelif (ALG)
Women’s 75kg: Tammara Thibeault (CAN)
Men’s 51kg: Terry Washington (USA)
Men’s 57kg: Luiz Oliveira (BRA)
Men’s 63.5kg: Dedrick Crocklem (USA)
Men’s 71kg: Nikolai Terteryan (DEN)
Men’s 80kg: Amir Anderson (USA)
Men’s 92kg: Keno Machado (BRA)
Men’s 92kg+: Teremoana Teremoana (AUS)
All of the results from the event can be viewed at: https://www.usaboxing.org/2024-international-invitational
The action from the final day can be watched back at: https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing