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Entry details for World Boxing Cup Finals in Sheffield 2024

There are ten days left to submit entries for the World Boxing Cup Finals which are set to take place at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield from 27-30 November 2024.

The competition, which is being hosted by England Boxing and World Boxing in association with GB Boxing, will be the culmination of the World Boxing Cup series for 2024 when the stage winners and other top-ranked boxers from this year’s events will compete for the World Boxing Cup Trophy.

To secure your place in the competition, contact:

sheffield2024@gbboxing.org.uk

00 44 114 223 5613

Japan and Algeria are the latest two National Federations to join World Boxing and support its efforts to keep the sport at the heart of the Olympic Movement

The National Federations for boxing in Japan and Algeria have become the latest two countries to join World Boxing.

It means the new International Federation, which was established to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement, now has 44 members covering all five Continents that compete in international boxing.

Japan and Algeria take the number of countries that have joined World Boxing since the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to seven and follows the recent approval of membership applications from Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Bhutan, Fiji and Ecuador.

All of the National Federations have completed a rigorous application process to join World Boxing. They are deemed to be in good standing and, through their statutes and operating processes, able to demonstrate:

  • A transparent and open election process for the appointment of office bearing roles
  • The existence and operation of WADA-recognised anti-doping polices and processes
  • Evidence of a structured, dispute resolution and appeals process that is either fully independent or subject to external input
  • Formal recognition by either their National Olympic Committee (NOC) or Ministry for Sport
  • A solid national and international boxing sports programme

The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “The additions of Japan and Algeria enhance the global profile of World Boxing by increasing our presence in Asia and Africa. Their decision to join World Boxing is further evidence of the widespread desire for change that exists across our sport and illustrates how important it is that we retain boxing’s place at the heart of the Olympic Movement.

“We are continuing to process applications from a number of countries and it is clear that more and more National Federations recognise that joining World Boxing is the only way they can ensure that their boxers will be able to continue to pursue their dream of competing on the biggest stage in sport at the Olympic Games.”

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 and aims to keep Boxing in the Olympic Games. On 7 May 2024, it held the first formal meeting with the IOC which signalled the start of formal collaboration aimed at establishing a pathway for boxing to remain in the Olympic Games.

World Boxing receives post-Olympic boost with announcement of five new member National Federations

The National Federations for boxing in Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Bhutan, Fiji and Ecuador have become the latest five countries to join World Boxing, the new International Federation which has been established to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement.

The new additions provide a significant boost to World Boxing in the aftermath of the 2024 Olympic Games and mean it now has 42 member National Federations covering all of the five Continents that compete in international boxing.

Further membership announcements are expected in the coming weeks after World Boxing’s leaders held a series of meetings with the heads of multiple National Federations in the course of the recent boxing tournament at Paris 2024.

Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Bhutan, Fiji and Ecuador have all completed a rigorous application process to join World Boxing. They are deemed to be in good standing and, through their statutes and operating processes, able to demonstrate:

  • A transparent and open election process for the appointment of office bearing roles
  • The existence and operation of WADA-recognised anti-doping polices and processes
  • Evidence of a structured, dispute resolution and appeals process that is either fully independent or subject to external input
  • Formal recognition by either their National Olympic Committee (NOC) or Ministry for Sport
  • A solid national and international boxing sports programme

The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “I am very happy to welcome Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Bhutan, Fiji and Ecuador to World Boxing and look forward to working closely with each of them in our efforts to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement. 

“My colleagues and I at World Boxing had a very productive two weeks at the recent Olympic Games in Paris when we met the leaders of many National Federations and I am very confident that we will continue to receive more membership applications in the coming weeks. 

“It is clear there is a huge appetite for change in international boxing and that many National Federations now recognise the only way we can ensure that boxing has a future within the Olympic Movement is by joining World Boxing.”

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 and aims to keep Boxing in the Olympic Games. On 7 May 2024, it held the first formal meeting with the IOC which signalled the start of formal collaboration aimed at establishing a pathway for boxing to remain in the Olympic Games.

Further information on World Boxing is available at www.worldboxing.org.

Final four gold medals won on last day of boxing competition

Yesterday saw the final four bouts of the boxing competition take place, with the final gold medals distributed, after fourteen days of action and 235 bouts.

In the Men’s 92kg+ weight category, Uzbekistan’s Bakhodir Jalolov won his second gold medal by defeating Spain’s Ayoub Ghadfa with a 5:0 unanimous decision victory.

Next up was the final of the Women’s 75kg, where China’s Li Qian won gold, getting the better of Panama’s Atheyna Bylon, who leaves with a silver medal.

The Men’s 57kg winner was Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan who dispatched of Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Seitbek Uulu by a scoreline of 5:0.

Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu Ting became champion of the Women’s 57kg weight class with a 5:0 win over Poland’s Julia Szeremeta, who became the first Polish woman to win a boxing medal.

That concludes the action at this summer’s competition with gold medallists now decided across the thirteen weight classes.

For all the information and results, visit: https://worldboxing.org/how-to-follow-the-boxing-this-summer/

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STATEMENT

Following the completion of the boxing tournament at Paris 2024, the President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said:

“The last 14 days of action at Paris 2024 have once again shown why boxing is such a central and important part of the Olympic Movement.

“The high-quality competition has produced a series of memorable bouts featuring 248 men and women from 69 countries across the world.

“It has shown why the Olympic Games is so important to boxing and why the sport is one of the most effective in delivering the values of the Olympic charter as shown by the diversity of the athlete cohort and the number of countries taking part and winning medals. Boxing truly is a global sport in which all countries have the opportunity to compete and a chance of Olympic glory.

“After such a fantastic and hard-fought competition, I would like to congratulate every boxer that has competed in Paris and especially the 52 men and women, from 30 countries plus the Refugee Olympic Team, that have won a medal.

“I would also like to thank the Paris Boxing Unit (PBU) for delivering the competition and the qualification campaign and congratulate them on the fantastic staging of the event.

“The North Paris Arena and Roland Garros have been superb venues and both have enjoyed noisy sell-out crowds that have provided a brilliant platform to showcase the skills, determination and courage of the boxers.

“The energy, passion and emotions seen during this tournament have shown that this is the absolute pinnacle for boxers and it would be a tragedy if Paris 2024 turned out to be the last time ever that boxing appeared on the Olympic programme.

“It would be devastating for everyone connected with the sport at all levels and in every part of the world. Fewer people will come into the sport at the grassroots and there will be less opportunities for boxers at the elite levels of both amateur and professional boxing. It would be a disaster that we cannot allow to happen.

“Since it expelled the previous international federation, the IOC has made it abundantly clear that the only way that boxing will be restored to the programme for Los Angeles 2028 is if it has a trusted and reliable International Federation (IF) to work with that has support of the National Federations (NFs).

“World Boxing is that IF. And we are committed to creating a sustainable and inclusive sporting structure – underpinned by strong governance and transparent financial management – where all boxers can compete and excel knowing that the integrity of the sport is guaranteed and competition is fair.

“Coming into the Games, World Boxing was established as a credible organisation with 37 member NFs covering every Continent that participates in boxing. 

“In the course of the tournament we have received several completed membership applications from NFs to join World Boxing and, following my conversations with numerous boxing leaders from across the world over the last two weeks in Paris, I am very confident that we will soon have more than 50 members, as the leaders of many NFs have assured me that they will apply to join World Boxing once this tournament is completed.

“We are also delivering a calendar of high-quality competitions. In September we will hold our first event in Asia when the World Boxing Cup takes place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and in October and November we will host our first global World Boxing Championships, when the U19 World Championships get underway in Colorado, USA.

“Crucially World Boxing has established relations with the IOC, following a meeting in May 2024, and World Boxing has developed a pathway to ensuring that boxing is restored to the programme of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028.

“This pathway is dependent upon NFs, and the IOC has made it clear that any country that wants to see their boxers have the opportunity to compete at a future Olympic Games needs to take immediate steps to join World Boxing. 

“This is the only course of action that will ensure that Paris 2024 is not the last time we see boxing at the Olympic Games. We cannot allow boxing to exit the Olympic stage, and I invite every NF that cares about their boxers and the future of the sport to take immediate steps to join World Boxing now and work with us to deliver a better future for the sport and ensure that boxing continues to remain at the heart of the Olympic Movement.”

Four finals take place on penultimate day of boxing action

Day thirteen saw four final bouts take place in the Women’s 50kg, Women’s 66kg, Men’s 71kg and Men’s 92kg weight categories.

In the Women’s 50kg, Yu Wu of China secured the gold medal with a 4:1 win against Turkey’s Buse Naz Cakiroglu, who earned a silver medal for her nation, having also won silver at Tokyo.

Next up was the Women’s 66kg, where Algeria’s Imane Khelif was crowned champion after defeating China’s Liu Yang via a unanimous decision.

Uzbekistan’s Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev was the winner in the Men’s 71kg final. He got the better of Mexico’s Marco Alonso Verde Alvarez by a scoreline of 5:0.

Finally, in the Men’s 92kg, Lazizbek Mullojonov of Uzbekistan defeated Azerbaijan’s Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez with a dominant 5:0 unanimous decision. Dominguez secured a silver medal in defeat, going one better than his bronze earned in Tokyo.

The boxing competition will come to a close today with the last gold medal bouts in the Women’s 57kg, Men’s 57kg, Women’s 75kg and Men’s 92kg+.

For all the information including schedule, how to stream and results, visit: https://worldboxing.org/how-to-follow-the-boxing-this-summer/

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

Two more golds earned on day twelve as the boxing action continues

The boxing continued yesterday with a further two finals and four semi-final bouts taking place on day 12 of the competition.

In the Women’s 54kg, China’s Yuan Chang secured a gold medal by defeating Turkey’s Hatice Akbas in a dominant 5:0 win.

In the other gold medal bout of the day, Uzbekh boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov won his second gold medal, following up on his 2016 win, beating France’s Billal Bennama by unanimous decision in the Men’s 51kg final. Defeat sees Bennama take home silver fighting on home soil.

Next up were the semi-final bouts across two weight categories. Firstly, in the Men’s 57kg, Abdumalik Khalokov of Uzbekistan got the better of Australia’s Charlie Senior with a 5:0 win. Awaiting him in the final is Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu after he defeated Bulgaria’s Javier Ibanez by a 4:1 scoreline.

Then, in the Women’s 75kg, Li Quian of China, reached the final after a close-fought 3:2 win over Australia’s Caitlin Parker. Atheyna Bylon of Panama awaits in the final after she defeated Cindy Ngamba of the Refugee Olympic Team via a 4:1 win. Ngamba made history as the first ever medallist from the Refugee Olympic Team.

All the semi-finals are now complete, meaning today’s bouts are all finals in the Men’s 71kg, Men’s 92kg, Women’s 50kg and Women’s 66kg categories.

For all the information including schedule, how to stream and results, visit: https://worldboxing.org/how-to-follow-the-boxing-this-summer/

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

Cuba’s Alvarez takes Men’s 63.5kg gold and Khyzniak secures Men’s 80kg title for Ukraine

Day eleven of the boxing competition saw more exciting action with the conclusion of two weight categories and four semi-final bouts.

Erislandy Alvarez Borges of Cuba became the champion of the Men’s 63.5kg category by defeating France’s Sofiane Oumiha, who was fighting in his home nation, via a 3:2 split decision.

The other gold medal distributed yesterday went to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak in the Men’s 80kg weight class, defeating Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay by another 3:2 split decision. The Ukrainian won silver in Tokyo so will be delighted to go one step further this time around.

Semi-finals took place in the Women’s 57kg as Yu Ting Lin of Chinese Taipei earned a unanimous decision win over Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman, who earns a bronze medal. Poland’s Julia Szeremeta will also be in the final having got the better of Nesthy Petecio, of the Philippines, by a 4:1 split decision.

The other semi-finals were in the Men’s 92kg+, where defending champion Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan dispatched of Germany’s Nelvie Tiafack in a 5:0 victory. Jalolov is now set to face Spain’s Ayoub Ghadfa Drissi El Aissaoui in the final after the Spaniard beat France’s Djamili-Dini Aboudou Moindze in the other semi-final.

Another session of boxing awaits today with another four semi-final bouts in the Men’s 57kg and Women’s 75kg, alongside the final of the Women’s 54kg and the Men’s 51kg.

For all the information including schedule, how to stream and results, visit: https://worldboxing.org/how-to-follow-the-boxing-this-summer/

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