India enjoyed a triumphant semi-final day in the boxing competition at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games winning all 10 of its bouts on day of fantastic action at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) on the banks of the River Clyde.
It means India will have six women and four men in Saturday’s finals, when 14 gold medals will be handed out.
England was the second-best performing nation on the day with seven wins, followed by
Northern Ireland and Australia which have three boxers each in the finals.
The first session of the day featured eight bouts in the women’s bantamweight (W65kg), welterweight (W65kg) divisions and the men’s welterweight (M65kg) and light-heavyweight (80kg) categories.
At bantamweight (W54kg), Canada’s Scarlett Savannah Delgado secured a 4:1 victory over England’s Lauren Mackie, while the world number three, Preeti Preeti of India, defeated Zambia’s Catherine Mwape of Zambia 5:0.
In the welterweight competitions, England enjoyed victories for Patris Mughalzai in the men’s category and Sacha Hickey in the women’s. Mughalzai will meet Australia’s Jacob Cassar in the final, while Hickey will face Northern Ireland’s Kaci Rock, after she ended the competition of Scotland’s first ever female boxing medallist, Caitlin Rainey, on a razor thin 3:2 split.
Unanimous wins for England’s Dimeji Shittu and Sachin Sachin of India in the light-heavyweight (M80kg) category drew the first session to a close.
Session two began with Northern Ireland’s defending champion, Michaela Walsh, who used all of her experience to ease her way into her fourth consecutive Commonwealth Games final with a unanimous victory over Fiji’s Jasmine Daunakamakama.
Walsh will meet the world champion Jaismine Jaismine of India in Saturday’s final after she defeated Rapelang Maselela who has made history this week by becoming the first women ever from Lesotho to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games in any sport.
At light-middleweight (W70kg), Chantelle Reid secured a unanimous win over Australia’s Lekeisha Pergoliti.
However, for defending champion, Rosie Eccles, it was not the swansong she was hoping for as the Welsh woman lost on all five cards to the Indian world number two, Arundhati Choudhary.
It means Eccles will finish her career with a bronze medal from Glasgow to go with the gold she won in Birmingham in 2022 and a silver from the Gold Coast in 2018.
Wales enjoyed better fortunes in the men’s light-middleweight (M70kg) competition where Orlando Holley-Sotomi outpointed Merven Clair of Mauritius 5:0 to set-up a final with Jon McConnell of Northern Ireland, who put out home favourite, Sonny Kerr.
Welsh fortunes continued on an upward trajectory in the first heavyweight (M90kg) semi-final as Connor Williams secured a 5:0 win over Garyn McAllister of Northern Ireland.
The second session ended in raucous fashion as the noisy home crowd tried to urge on Scotland’s Robert McNulty in his heavyweight clash with England’s Isaac Okoh. However, Okoh was unphased by the atmosphere and showed superior boxing skills to build up a strong lead in the first two rounds and safely navigate his way through a scrappy third to take the bout 5:0.
It means that the home nation will not have a representative in Saturday’s finals and will finish the boxing competition with three bronze medals.
The third and final session saw India and England continue their good form in the women’s flyweight (W51kg) category as Sakshi Sakshi racked-up a unanimous win against Canada’s Amber-Jane Wall while England’s self-styled ‘pocket rocket’, Ruby White, stopped Mischa Monique Araes of Namibia in round two.
Next up, the two leading nations in the competition met as England’s Lucy Kings-Wheatley and Priya Priya of India clashed at lightweight.
The contest was balanced on a knife edge and level on all of the judges’ scorecards at the end of round two, but it was Priya that finished the stronger to win the final round and secure a place in Saturday’s final against Marie-Bathoul Al-Ahmadieh of Canada.
The final women’s action of the day came in the women’s middleweight (W75kg) class and saw world bronze medallist, Emma Sue Greentree of Australia, defeat England’s Mary-Kate Smith on a 3:2 split. The second semi saw more success for India as Lovlina Borgohain become their sixth finalist with a unanimous win over Tarona Khanum Badi Pasoni Taafaki of Tuvalu.
The final action of the night saw Indian world number six Sachin Sachin defeat Wales’ Owain Harris-Allan at lightweight (M60kg). He will face Tryagain Morning Ndevelo in the finals after the Namibian delivered a sensational performance to defeat Birmingham 2022 gold medallist, Jude Gallagher of Northern Ireland on a 3:2 split.
In the last bout of the night, India’s team completed its clean sweep of 10 wins from 10 as super-heavyweight (M90kg+) Narender Narender secured a unanimous win over Nigel Paul of Trinidad and Tobago.
The Indian world number five will meet world ranked number nine, Damar Thomas of England, in what promises to be a titanic super-heavyweight final tomorrow after the Englishman progressed via a walkover due to his opponent, William McCartan of Northern Ireland, being withdrawn through injury.
All of today’s results, details of the draw, daily schedules and all other competition information is HERE.
Saturday 1 August 2026 is the final day of action in the boxing competition and will features two sessions of boxing and medal ceremonies starting at 11:00 and 16:30 local time.
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