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World Boxing and Waychamp Sports Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Explore Cooperation in Boxing Technology, Events and Education

World Boxing and Wuxi Waychamp Culture and Sports Development Co., Ltd. (“Waychamp Sports”) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore potential collaborations in events, education and technology deployment to support the continued development, modernization and growth of Olympic boxing.

The MoU provides a framework for potential collaboration across a number of areas including:

  • The creation and sale of event-related merchandise
  • The development of advanced scoring systems and related equipment, including decision support tools and sensor-based equipment, to improve the deployment of technology in the scoring process and enhance sporting integrity
  • The development of professional training and education programmes for the boxing community

Under the MoU, Waychamp Sports will have the opportunity to develop and sell related merchandise at selected World Boxing competitions and events where it has been appointed through a competitive tender process to act as an official operator.

On scoring and event operations, the MoU will see World Boxing and Waychamp Sports explore the development of an advanced boxing scoring system incorporating state-of-the-art technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), as a supporting tool for data processing, analysis and decision-support functions. The proposed system may include sensor-based boxing equipment and associated software that can be used for data collection, processing and analysis.

As part of this, World Boxing will provide relevant technical standards, certification procedures and professional guidance to support developments by Waychamp Sports. Any system or associated equipment would be subject to comprehensive evaluation and formal approval by World Boxing before being considered for use at World Boxing competitions.

On training and development, the MoU will see Waychamp Sports develop and submit proposals for professional training and education programmes targeted at athletes, coaches, and technical officials. World Boxing will provide guidance to ensure these are aligned to its technical standards and certification requirements. 

World Boxing’s Secretary General, Tom Dielen, said: “This is an exciting new partnership for World Boxing that covers many aspects of our operations and is a sign of our commitment to innovation and constructive collaboration while maintaining robust standards and ensuring that the interests of boxers are always at the heart of decision making.”

World Boxing is an international sports federation that is committed to creating a sustainable, inclusive and transparent global structure for boxing, with a focus on integrity, fair competition and putting the interests of boxers first.

Wuxi Waychamp Culture and Sports Development Co., Ltd. is a culture and sports development company seeking to contribute technical expertise, event operations capabilities and collaborative initiatives to support the development and modernisation of boxing.

World Boxing to hold Extraordinary Congress on 1 July 2026

World Boxing is to hold an Extraordinary Congress on 1 July 2026 to address a series of governance and administrative matters that require formal approval by Congress.

The specific items on the agenda include:

  • Approval of Amendments to the Constitution related to World Boxing’s Ethics Committee, specifically that it should not be elected by the members but appointed by Congress to guarantee its independence
  • Subsequent changes to the membership of the Ethics Committee, inlcuding the appointment of the four members (including one new independent member); one of the members is U19 World Boxing Champion 2024 Daniel Pitt, who has been nominated by World Boxing’s Athlete Committee.
  • Approval of the appointment of the Auditors for 2025

The Extraordinary Congress will be held virtually.

In accordance with World Boxing’s statutes, voting rights at the Extraordinary Congress shall be limited to Full Member National Federations and Associate Members in good standing in accordance with the World Boxing Constitution and the current electoral period requirements. It means that a maximum of 123 member National Federations will have an opportunity to vote. Endorsed Members will not participate in this Extraordinary Congress and will remain eligible for consideration to become full member at the next regular Congress in November 2026.

The decision to hold an Extraordinary Congress reflects the status of Congress as the highest decision-making body of World Boxing and aims to ensure the continued good governance, legal compliance, and operational stability of World Boxing.

Further details of the Extraordinary Congress are available HERE.

Chinese women dominate with five wins on final day of action at ‘World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City’ to ensure hosts finish top of the medal table

China finished on top of the medal table at the ‘World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City’ after a fantastic last day of competition saw the home nation win five out of the six finals it contested at the Guiyang Olympic Sports Centre.

The Chinese were dominant in the women’s competition where it won half of the weight categories with victories for Yu Wi at flyweight (W51kg), Liu Yang at light-middleweight (W70kg), middleweight Ziyo Bao (W75kg), Xiaomeng Wang at light-heavyweight (W80kg) and Yilian Zhan in the heavyweight division (W80kg+).

The only disappointment on a triumphant final day for the hosts came in the men’s bantamweight (M55kg) category where Jiamao Zhang had to settle for silver against the USA’s Lorenzo Patricio.

The remaining gold medals in the women’s weights went to India’s Jyoti Jyoti at light-flyweight (W48kg) and Kazakhstan’s Nazym Kyzaibay and Viktoriya Grafeyeva at bantamweight (W54kg) and lightweight (W60kg) respectively.

In one of the stories of the competition, Brazil’s two time-Olympic medallist and one-time lightweight IBF world champion, Beatriz Ferreira, made a triumphant return to Olympic-style boxing, with a unanimous victory in the welterweight (W65kg) final over England’s Sacha Hickey.

The men’s weights saw traditional powerhouses Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan each finish with three golds, while French men finished top of the podium in two categories as Hugo Grau and Junior Tadah beat the USA’s Marcus Luther and Italy’s Paolo Caruso at welterweight (M65kg) and cruiserweight (M85kg) respectively.

The other two countries that enjoyed gold medal success in the men’s weights were the USA, with Lorenzo Patricio’s bantamweight victory, and Azerbaijan, which saw middleweight Saidjamshid Jafarov secure his second consecutive World Boxing Cup gold with a unanimous win over 2025 World Boxing Championships silver medallist Rami Kiwan of Bulgaria.

The full list of all the medallists from the ‘World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City’ is below:

WeightGoldSilverBronze
Women’s weights 
W48kg  Jyoti Jyoti IND  Farzona Fozilova UZB  Angelika Krysztoforska POL
Fatima Herrera MEX
W51kgYu Wu CHNMinaksi Minaski INDLaura Fuertes Fernandez ESP
Romane Moulai FRA
W54kgNazym Kyzaibay KAZSirine Charaabi ITAWassila Lkhadiri FRA
Natnicha Chongprongklang THA
W57kg  Nigina Uktamova UZB  Prachi IND  Ziyi Chen CHN
Amina Zidani FRA
W60kg  Viktoriya Grafeyeva KAZ  Yu Ting Lin TPE  Sitora Turdibekova UZB
Chengyu Yang CHN
W65kg  Beatriz Ferreira BRA  Sacha Hickey ENG  Aida Abikeyeva KAZ
Kinga Krowka POL
W70kg  Liu Yang CHN  Maelys Richol FRA  Lekeisha Pergoliti AUS
Chantelle Reid ENG
W75kg  Ziyi Bao CHN  Tammara Thibeault CAN  Agata Kaczsmarska POL
Aziza Zokirova UZB
W80kg  Xiaomeng Wang CHN  Davina Michel FRA  Emilia Koterska POL
Valeriya Axenova KAZ
W80kg+  Yilian Zhan CHN  Oltinoy Sotimboeva UZB  Dina Islambekova KAZ
Elzbieta Wojcik POL
Men’s weights 
M50g  Sanzhar Tashkenbay KAZ  Asilbek Jalilov UZB  Martin Molina Salvador ESP
Huthaifa Eshish JOR
M55kgLorenzo Patricio USAJiamao Zhang CHNJaeyong Shin KOR
Nikhil Nikhil IND
M60kg  Abdumalik Khalokov UZB  Luiz Oliveira BRA  William Hewitt ENG
Radoslav Rosenov BUL
M65kg  Hugo Grau FRA  Marcus Luther USA  Ali Habibinezhad IRI
Alexandru Paraschiv MDA
M70kg  Ablaikhan Zhussupov KAZ  Deepak Deepak IND  Zeyad Eashash JOR
Makan Traore FRA
M75kg  Saidjamshid Jafarov AZE  Rami Kiwan BUL  Mateusz Urban POL
Gabriele Guidi Rontani ITA
M80kg  Javokhir Ummataliev UZB  Wanderley Pereira BRA  Murad Allahverdiyev AZE
Minseong Kim KOR
M85kg  Junior Tadah FRAPaolo Caruso ITAAkmaljon Isroilov UZB
  Jugnoo Jugnoo IND
M90kg  Turabek Khabibullaev UZB  Isaac Okoh ENG  Xuezhen Han CHN
Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez AZE
M90kg+  Aibek Oralybay KAZNikita Putilov GERJoel Ramos BRA
  Arman Makhanov UZB

All of the results from the competition and other information including daily schedules and the draw is available HERE.  

Follow all of World Boxing’s social media channels for updates on upcoming competitions and key announcements:

The finals are set after day six at World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City

Uzbekistan enjoyed a successful sixth day at the ‘World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City’ as its boxers secured seven victories in the semi-finals. It means that Uzbekistan will contest tomorrow’s finals after semi-finals wins for Farzona Fozilova (W48kg), Abdumalik Khalokov (M60kg), Oltinoy Sotimboeva (W80+kg), Turabek Khabibullaev (M90kg), Asilbek Jalilov (M50kg), Nigina Uktamova (W57kg) and Javokhir Ummataliev (M80kg).

China will have the second most boxers in tomorrow’s finals with six, closely followed by Kazakhstan with five and Brazil with four.

In the Women’s competition, China’s Liu Yang secured a victory over Australia’s Lekeisha Pergoliti in the Light Middleweight (70kg) category with a 5:0 unanimous decision. Yang will face France’s Maelys Richol after her 4:1 victory over 2024 Paris Olympian, Chantelle Reid of England.

Two-time Olympian Tammara Thibeault of Canada secured her place in the final after defeating Poland’s Agata Kaczsmarka 5:0 in the Middlewight (75kg) category. Thibeault will face China’s Ziyi Bao who also got through her semi-final bout against Uzbekistan’s Aziza Zokirova via unanimous decision.

On another day of top-class action, USA secured victories in both of their semi-finals as Lorenzo Patricio and Marcus Luther got the better of their opponents, Indian Nikhil Nikhil and Iran’s Ali Habibinezhad via 5:0 unanimous decisions in the Men’s Bantamweight (55kg) and Welterweight (65kg) competitions respectively.

Possibly the biggest upset was in the men’s Cruiserweight (85kg) where Italy’s unranked Paolo Caruso secured a 3:2 split decision victory over World Boxing Championships gold medallist and number one ranked, Akmaljon Isroilov of Uzbekistan. The Italian will meet France’s Junior Tadah in the final, who got the better of India’s Jugnoo Jugnoo in the semis.

In the men’s Lightweight (60kg) competition, we’ll be seeing a repeat of the 2025 World Boxing Championships final after Uzbekistan’s Abdumalik Khalokov beat Bulgaria’s Radoslav Rosenov 4:1, to set-up a final with Luiz Oliveira of Brazil who secured a 4:1 split decision win over England’s William Hewitt.

The only men’s finalist not to fight on day six was Hugo Grau of France who progress into the finals after Moldova’s Alexandru Paraschiv pulled out of the competition.

All of today’s results and information about the tournament, including daily schedules and details of the draw, are available at: https://chn.xboxing.world/.

Day seven will feature two session of boxing starting at 12:00 and 18:30 (local time), consisting of 20 bouts. To watch the action on finals day, click HERE.

World Boxing will be posting updates throughout the competition on its social media channels:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialworldboxing

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWorldBoxing/

• X: https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-boxing

World Boxing Cup: China 2026 heads into the medal stages with 52 bouts on day five  

DAY FIVE of the ‘World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City’ saw the competition head deep into the medal stages with 52 quarter-final and semi-final bouts at the Guiyang Olympic Sports Centre.

Uzbekistan emerged as the most successful nation on the day with six wins that included a unanimous victory for 2024 Olympic gold medallist and current world number one, Adbumalik Khalokov, who defeated the USA’s Salim Ellis-Bey in the men’s lightweight (M60kg) competition.

He will meet the world number seven, Radoslav Rosenov of Bulgaria in Saturday’s semi-final, after he secured a 5:0 win over Shunsuke Kitamota of Japan.

In the other side of the draw for what is one of the blue ribband weight categories at this event, world number three Luiz Gabriel of Brazil comfortably outpointed Canada’s Keoma Al Ahmadieh to set-up a semi-final with Will Hewitt after the Englishman secured a 3:2 split decision victory over Paris 2024 silver medallist Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan.

Hewitt was one of three English winners on a mixed day for his team in which 2025 World Boxing Championships bronze medallist Chantelle Reid outpointed the USA’s Isabella Winkler at light-middleweight (W70kg) and Sacha Hickey progressed at welterweight (W65kg) but saw defeats for his twin brother Patrick Hewitt (M70kg) and teammates Patris Mughalzai (M65kg), Dimeji Shittu(M80kg) and Matthew Williams (90kg+).

The latter lost out to world number one Aibek Oralbay of Kazakhstan who will meet Brazil’s Joel Ramos on Saturday’s semi-final. The winner will face either Germany’s Nikita Putilov or Arman Makhanov of Uzbekistan, who face off in the other half of the draw.

In the women’s competition, Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei secured an impressive unanimous win over Brazilian world champion Rebeca De Santos to set-up a semi-final with China’s world number six, Chengu Yang. The winner will face either Kazakhstan’s world number four, Viktoriya Grafeyeva, or Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan in Sunday’s final.

The other Uzbek female that enjoyed success on day five was featherweight (W57kg) Nigina Uktamova who got the better of Brazil’s Jessica Coutinho with a 5:0 decision and will meet the home nation’s Ziyi Chen in the semi-final.

Day six will see 40 semi-final bouts that includes a potential blockbuster in the women’s welterweight division where Kazakhstan’s world number two, Aida Abikeyeva, will clash with two-time Olympic medallist, Beatriz Ferreira of Brazil. The winner will meet Kinga Krowka of Poland or England’s Sacha Hickey who will fight it out in the other semi.

All of today’s results and information about the tournament, including daily schedules and details of the draw, are available at: https://chn.xboxing.world/.

Day six will feature two sessions of boxing starting at 12:00 and 18:30 (local time), consisting of 40bouts. To watch the action in ring A, click HERE. To watch the action in ring B, click HERE.

World Boxing will be posting updates throughout the competition on its social media channels:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialworldboxing

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWorldBoxing/

• X: https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-boxing

France enjoys three wins on day four of action as World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City heads into medal stages

DAY FOUR of the ‘World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City’ saw 20 bouts take place in a single session at the Guiyang Olympic Sports Centre, which featured action in the women’s flyweight (W51kg) and bantamweight (W54kg) categories and the men’s welterweight (M65kg) division.

France was the most successful country on the day with the three wins. 

The standout performance was in the women’s bantamweight competition where Wassila Lkhadiridefeated the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist and world number one, Hsiao-Wen Huang of Chinese Taipei, on a 4:1 split decision to guarantee at least a bronze medal.  

She will meet Italy’s Sirine Charaabi in Saturday’s semi-final, after she outpointed Tati De Jesus of Brazil.

The other French winners on the day were Hugo Grau who defeated the host nation’s Xin Jin in the men’s welterweight category and Romane Moulai in the women’s flyweight division who secured a 5:0 win over Valeria Amparan of Mexico.

Moulai will face Uzbekistan’s Feruza Kazakova in the quarter-finals of the women’s flyweightcategory, which also features an enticing clash between 2025 World Boxing Championships light-flyweight gold medallist, Minakshi Minakshi from India, and Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova who is ranked three in world at flyweight.

The other action in the men’s welterweight division saw victories for the USA’s Marcus Luther who scored a superb 3:2 victory over Brazilian world number three, Yuri Falcao. He will meet Mohamed Siala of Germany in tomorrow’s quarter-final.  

In the other quarter-finals, England’s Patris Mughalzai will face Ali Habibinezhad of Iran; MirzokhidImannnazarov of Kyrgyzstan will box Moldova’s Alexandru Paraschiv and Bartlomiej Roskowicz will take-on Hugo Grau, after they all enjoyed victories today.

All of today’s results and information about the tournament, including daily schedules and details of the draw, are available at: https://chn.xboxing.world/.

Day five will feature two sessions of boxing starting at 12:00 and 18:30 (local time), consisting of 52 bouts. All the action will be livestreamed on World Boxing’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing

World Boxing will be posting updates throughout the competition on its social media channels:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialworldboxing

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWorldBoxing/

• X: https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-boxing

World Boxing and Xempower agree strategic partnership for the delivery of technology and digital infrastructure solutions designed to enhance sporting integrity

World Boxing has agreed a strategic partnership with the sports technology and event management company, Xempower, to become its Preferred Official Technology Service Provider.

The agreement will see Xempower provide a range of technology and digital infrastructure solutions to support competition delivery and enhance data management that is designed to modernise event governance and enhance sporting integrity.

Under the terms of the partnership, Xempower will deploy a fully integrated digital infrastructure suite to support World Boxing’s competition management.

It will include:

  • An automated Timing, Scoring and Event Operation Management System (EOMS) to manage registrations and brackets
  • A centralised World Boxing Management System (WBMS) Registration System and database for National Federations
  • A randomised, auditable Technical Official Draw and Dispatch System to ensure absolute impartiality
  • A recently developed Official Website Platform to enhance global communication

As part of the agreement Xempower will look to explore opportunities for the development and deployment of tools, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) to assist the training of officials and the development of scoring solutions.

The partnership is a significant milestone in the ongoing development of World Boxing and reflects the commitment of its President, Gennadiy Golovkin, to delivering sporting integrity and ensuring competitive fairness.

The agreement follows a series of recent collaborations between World Boxing and Xempower at major competitions, including the ‘World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2026’ in April of this year, which have contributed to the development of a strategic partnership that is focused on the creation of a digital platform that will enhance sporting integrity.

World Boxing’s Secretary General, Tom Dielen, said: “The credibility of boxing is built on fairness and transparency. The digital and event management platforms provided by Xempower allow us to introduce higher levels of data support and procedural integrity while respecting the final authority of our technical officials within the existing frameworks and principles of Olympic boxing. This is a solid step forward in our event governance framework.”

The founder of Xempower, Thomas Cai, added: “”Fairness, impartiality, and transparency are the foundations of competitive sport and the guiding principles behind Xempower’s technological development. We believe that technology should serve the integrity of sport, helping every contest reflect the true performance of the athletes.”

World Boxing Unveils New Global Streaming Platform, World Boxing TV

World Boxing has linked-up with the sports streaming and fan engagement platform, Joymo, to create a dedicated digital destination for live events, on-demand content, highlights and competition coverage, World Boxing TV.

World Boxing TV will provide a direct, subscription based channel to connect fans with World Boxing’s schedule of competitons, provide a platform for boxers and increase the global visibility of Olympic-style boxing.

Built on the award winning Joymo platform, World Boxing TV brings together live event coverage, exclusive content and on-demand programming in a single destination, creating a richer and more accessible experience for boxing audiences around the world.

The first competiton being shown on the platform is ‘World Boxing Cup: China 2026 – Guiyang City’ which ends on 21 June 2026. Full details of the draw, schedule and all results are available HERE.

Fans can watch the final stages of the competiton by signing up now at https://worldboxing.tv/home.

The Secretary General of World Boxing, Tom Dielen, said: The launch of World Boxing TV marks an important milestone in the development of World Boxing and the continued growth of our sport as it provides an opportunity for fans to actively engage with our schedule of competitons and creates a platform for boxers to showcase their skills, connect with viewers and grow their own fanbases.

“World Boxing TV will provide a dedicated global platform for our athletes, events and member National Federations that will bring fans closer to the sport while strengthening our ability to tell the stories that are shaping the future of Olympic boxing.”

Joymo’s Chief Executive, Mike Emery, added: “World Boxing is helping define the future of boxing, and we’re proud to provide the technology powering that journey.”

“World Boxing TV embodies everything Joymo was built for. Sports organisations today need more than a streaming service – they need a solution that gives them ownership of their content, direct access to their audiences, meaningful fan data and the ability to build sustainable digital revenue streams. This partnership delivers exactly that.”

“By launching World Boxing TV, World Boxing has created a powerful digital asset that will help grow the sport globally, strengthen engagement with fans and create long-term value for athletes, federations and stakeholders across the boxing ecosystem.”

The partnership represents a significant investment in World Boxing’s digital future that will enable the organisation to take greater control of its content distribution, audience relationships and commercial opportunities. Through the platform, World Boxing will be able to engage directly with fans, generate valuable audience insights and develop sustainable new revenue streams to support the continued growth of Olympic boxing.

The launch further strengthens Joymo’s position as a leading technology partner for governing bodies, leagues and rights holders seeking to build their own direct-to-consumer streaming services. Through its end-to-end platform, Joymo enables sports organisations to distribute content directly to audiences, retain ownership of audience data and commercial inventory, and create new opportunities for fan engagement and monetisation.