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Opening day of high-quality action at the World Boxing Cup Finals sees boxers from Japan, Brazil and Korea impress

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 saw forty-two boxers take the ring on day one of competition at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, England.

Two sessions of high-quality action saw five Paris 2024 Olympians, including three from Brazil, advance to the next round of the competition.

Another country which enjoyed a good opening day was Japan which led the way with five wins from five as it made an impressive start to its first appearance in World Boxing Cup event. In addition to Brazil’s three victories, Korea also nabbed a trio of wins on the opening day of competition.

Tomorrow’s (Thursday 28 November 2024) action will begin at 11:00 GMT and see 24 more bouts consisting of 12 men’s and 12 women’s matchups.

Each bout of the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 will be broadcast live on the World Boxing YouTube channel, linked here.

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 consists of 13 weight classes, six women and seven men, as nearly 20 federations are in contention in Sheffield. Over 100 boxers look to start their Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games journeys and win gold at the first-ever World Boxing Cup Final.

This World Boxing Cup Finals is the first in the new Olympic cycle and were implemented to help competitors solidify positions in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

To stay up to date with all news, schedule, results, and live stream information, click here.

Twenty-one bouts will take place on first day of action at World Boxing Cup Finals in Sheffield following Tuesday’s draw

TWENTY-ONE bouts will take place on the first day of action at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 (27-30 November 2024) at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield following Tuesday’s draw.

Thirteen boxers from the host nation, Great Britain, were in the draw, which featured large contingents from Korea with 11 boxers and 10 from Brazil. 

Other countries that will compete in the tournament include China, Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Italy, Germany, Japan, Mongolia, Panama, Singapore, Switzerland and Thailand.

One boxer who will be looking forward to this week’s tournament is German super-heavyweight, Nikita Putilov, who won gold on his last appearance in Sheffield at the ‘World Boxing Cup: GB Open’ back in January.

He will be joined by one of Brazil’s Paris Olympians, Luiz Gabriel Oliveira, who will compete in the featherweight category.

Wednesday’s schedule and the draw sheets are available below:

Day 1 Schedule
Women’s 75kg
Women’s 66kg
Women’s 60kg
Women’s 57kg
Women’s 54kg
Women’s 50kg
Men’s 92+kg
Men’s 92kg
Men’s 80kg
Men’s 71kg
Men’s 63.5kg
Men’s 57kg
Men’s 51kg

Other event information can be seen at the event website: https://www.englandboxing.org/world-boxing-championships/.

The action will get underway at 11:00 on Wednesday 27 November 2024. The tournament will be streamed HERE on World Boxing’s YouTube channel.

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 will be delivered by England Boxing in association with World Boxing and GB Boxing and is supported by the National Lottery and Sheffield City Council.

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

World Boxing backs plan to create a new Confederation in Asia

World Boxing has welcomed the creation of a new Asian confederation to represent and promote boxing in the region, marking a significant milestone for the sport.

The new confederation, which will be aligned to World Boxing, is being created following the decision by the President of the Thailand Boxing Association, Mr. Pichai Chunhavajira, to step down from the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) following challenges in securing its independence from the International Boxing Association (IBA).

Boris van der Vorst, the President of World Boxing, hailed this development as a “historic moment” in the evolution of the sport. He said: “We are thrilled to take this step towards empowering boxing in Asia. We are confident that the new Asian boxing confederation will thrive and further elevate the sport in the region.”

The newly formed confederation has received strong support from the World Boxing community. Gennadiy Golovkin, Chair of the World Boxing Olympic Commission and a celebrated champion, warmly welcomed a new Asian boxing confederation.

Golovkin said: “It is a privilege to have a clean breakthrough organization for Asia. Asian Boxing will with dedication advance the sport in Asia and undoubtedly make a lasting impact.”

The formation of a new Asian confederation marks a new era for boxing in the region. It will bring together stakeholders with a shared commitment to the principles of independence, fairness, and ensuring that the interest of athletes are at the centre of decision making.

World Boxing will collaborate with the new Asian boxing confederation to support its goals and ensure the continued success of boxing worldwide.

World Boxing was launched in April 2023.  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. On 26 September 2024, World Boxing announced that it had set-up an Olympic Commission, chaired by President of the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan, Gennadiy Golovkin, to support the process of developing a pathway to ensuring that boxing is restored to the Olympic Games.

More than 120 boxers from 20 countries set to battle it out at World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 in England

More than 120 boxers from over 20 countries will take part in the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 which get underway this week at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, England from 27 – 30 November 2024.

The competition will take place at seven men’s weight and six for women and feature strong home nation interest with 13 boxers competing from the GB Boxing squad.

The draw for the event is at 20:00 GMT on Tuesday and the action will get underway at 11:00 on Wednesday 27 November 2024. 

Details of the draw and all other event information will be posted at the event website here – https://www.englandboxing.org/world-boxing-championships/.

Tickets are still available, with prices starting at £12 per session for the first three days of action. Tickets for Saturday’s finals session are £15. All tickets will be subject to a booking fee and discounts are available for groups of ten.

To purchase tickets, visit: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/world-boxing-cup-final-sheffield-2024

The tournament will also be streamed HERE on World Boxing’s YouTube channel.

Below is the schedule for the competition:

Wednesday 27th November

11:00 – 15:00 – Quarter Finals

17:00 – 21:30 – Quarter Finals

Thursday 28th November

11:00 – 15:00 – Quarter Finals

17:00 – 21:45 – Quarter Finals

Friday 29th November

12:00 – 15:30 – Semi Finals

17:00 – 20:30 – Semi Finals

Saturday 30th November

12:00 – 17:00 – Finals and Medal Presentations

The World Boxing Cup is a new international boxing format developed by World Boxing, the international federation which has been established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement.

The event is the culmination of the World Boxing Cup series for 2024 and follows events earlier this year in Sheffield (January), Colorado (April) and Mongolia (September).

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 will be delivered by England Boxing in association with World Boxing and GB Boxing and is supported by the National Lottery and Sheffield City Council.

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

International Testing Agency to deliver ‘Clean Sport Education Webinar’ for World Boxing members on 3 December 2024

The ITA International Testing Agency (ITA) will deliver a ‘Clean Sport Education Webinar’ for World Boxing’s member National Federations on 3 December 2024.

It follows World Boxing’s recent agreement with the ITA for it to provide all of World Boxing’s  anti-doping services and clean sport activities.

The webinar is open to all of World Boxing’s member National Federations and will be delivered in English and Spanish.

Members are advised to register in advance for the session.  All details are below:

Title:                            AD 101 – Clean Sport Education Webinar

Date:                            03 December 2024

Time:                            14:00 – 15:00 CET

Panellist:                     ITA Education Team

Translation:                  English and Spanish

Registration link:  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CAB3om63TlGtgGLYxaTC6g

The agreement between World Boxing and ITA means that from 1 October 2024, World Boxing has delegated its entire clean sport activities to the ITA with the aim of providing boxers with a high-quality anti-doping program.

The initial 4-year contract also includes independent results management for any potential anti-doping rule violations that may arise.

In its efforts to achieve compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code and with the desire to offer its athletes an expert and independent anti-doping program, World Boxing has entrusted the ITA to design and implement a new anti-doping programme as of 1 October 2024, while also supporting the organisation in attaining Code Signatory status.

The ITA will manage the entire testing program for World Boxing, both for in-competition and out-of-competition doping controls. These tests will be based on a bespoke risk assessment that takes into account all relevant factors, including the physiological profile and sporting specificities of boxing.

The management of Athlete Biological Passports (ABPs) of boxing athletes and the processing of Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) will also be handled by the ITA. In addition, it will strengthen World Boxing’s anti-doping efforts with a long-term sample retention strategy that will allow selected samples to be stored and re-analysed for up to ten years after the date of collection.

Boxers from India and England shine at U19 World Boxing Championships in Colorado

England and India competed for dominance at the top of the medal table as the 2024 U19 World Boxing Championships in Colorado, USA, came to an end this weekend.

More than 180 boxers from 30 National Federations competed in the competition, for boxers aged 17 and 18, which was World Boxing’s first ever global championship.

Although India finished with the biggest haul of 17 medals across the male and female categories (made-up of four golds, eight silvers and five bronze) it was England that topped the final table with eight golds and one bronze.

A fine performance from the USA saw it finish with three golds, two silver and three bronze as the hosts secured third place in the medal table.

Other high performing nations included Australia which won eight medals and Germany with seven. Japan, New Zealand, Wales and South Korea all picked-up three medals each.

All information from the competition including the medal table and results can be found at: https://xboxing.world/.

The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “This was a very significant event and I would like to express my congratulations to all of the boxers who took part and my thanks to USA Boxing for organising such an excellent competition.

“It was an incredible tournament that provided a platform for young boxers from around the world to showcase their talents. I am sure that many of the fantastic male and female boxers we have seen over the last week will go on to achieve even greater things in the sport and I wish them all the very best of luck as they pursue their careers in Olympic boxing.”

Full medal results below:

Follow World Boxing’s social channels to for further news and details on upcoming competitions:

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Guatemala and Laos join World Boxing as membership grows to 55 countries

World Boxing approves applications from four new members at its second annual Congress in Colorado USA

World Boxing has approved applications from the National Federations (NFs) for boxing in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Guatemala and Laos to take its membership to 55 countries.

The news came at the end of World Boxing’s second annual Congress (3 November 2024) which was held in Pueblo, Colorado, following the conclusion of last week’s successful U19 World Boxing Championships.

The addition of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, which are two of the world’s leading boxing nations, is a major coup for World Boxing and significantly increases the footprint of the new International Federation (IF) in Asia where it now has 15 members. 

Uzbekistan has been one of the leading boxing nations at the last two Olympic Games and topped the medal table in Paris with five golds.  Kazakhstan is widely regarded as a powerhouse in the sport.

The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “On the date of our second Congress, it is fantastic that World Boxing is able to welcome four new countries whom I am sure will all play an important role in our mission to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement.

“Only last week we announced seven new members to take World Boxing past the milestone of 50 countries. To be able to announce four more members – including two major powers in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan – so soon after this, is a sign of the growing momentum shift in international boxing. 

“It is clear that there has been a change in impetus and that more National Federations want to join World Boxing as they recognise it is the only way to keep the Olympic dreams of their boxers alive.”

The announcement of four new members was the main news from World Boxing’s second Congress, which was attended in person or virtually by representatives from 43 member countries.

No elections were scheduled however members held discussions and votes on a series of measures which included:

  • The approval of minutes from World Boxing’s Inaugural Congress in 2023
  • The approval of 27 new full members since last year’s Congress
  • Discussion and approval of amendments to the World Boxing Statutes
  • Discussion and approval of updated Competition Rules

The Congress also included a speech by the President, Boris van der Vorst, and reports from the Secretary General, Simon Toulson, and the Chairs of the Committees for Sport and Competition; Medical and Anti-doping; and Finance and Audit.

The agenda and all of the papers from World Boxing’s 2024 Congress are publicly available HERE. 

World Boxing was launched in April 2023.  On 7 May 2024, it held its 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.

On 26 September 2024, World Boxing announced that it had set-up an Olympic Commission, chaired by the President of the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan, Gennadiy Golovkin, to support the process of developing a pathway to make sure that boxing is restored to the Olympic programme for Los Angeles 2028.

The U19 World Boxing Championships in Colorado was World Boxing’s first global championships. Its next one will be the 2025 Elite World Boxing Championships for men and women which will be held in Liverpool, England, in September 2025.

Tickets on sale for World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 as world class international Olympic-style boxing returns to Sheffield

Tickets for the World Boxing Cup Finals at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, England (27-30 November 2024) are on sale now at www.seetickets.com.

Prices start at £12 per session for the first three days of action when there will be one ring and two sessions of boxing starting at 12:00 and 17:00. Tickets for Saturday’s finals session are £15.  All tickets will be subject to a booking fee and discounts are available for groups of ten.

The specific link to purchase tickets is https://www.seetickets.com/tour/world-boxing-cup-final-sheffield-2024.

Some tickets will be available for sale on the door, priced £15 per session for the first three days and £20 on finals  day.

More than 110 boxers from over 20 countries are expected to take part in the four-day tournament which is the culmination of the World Boxing Cup series for 2024 and follows events earlier this year in Sheffield (January), Colorado (April) and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia (September).

The action, which will take place across seven men’s weight categories and six for women, will feature strong home nation interest as up to 20 boxers from Great Britain’s Olympic programme are expected to compete as they begin the journey towards the next Games in Los Angeles 2028.

Two members of the GB Boxing squad that will be looking to be crowned World Boxing Cup Champion for 2024 are lightweight (60kg), Elise Glynn from Birmingham, and flyweight (50kg) Savannah Stubley, from Blythe in the north east.

Elise Glynn said: “I am really looking forward to competing again at home as it is not something we get to do that often as part of the GB Boxing squad. We had the tournament in Sheffield back in January when I got silver, so now I need to change the colour and get that gold.”  

Savannah Stubley added: “I am excited to compete at the World Boxing Cup because I will have a lot of support behind me when I am boxing. I went to the last one and won gold so hopefully, fingers crossed, I can do the same this time.”

They will be joined by squad-mate Cameron McKay from London, who will be competing at light-welterweight (63.5kg) in his first World Boxing Cup event of the year after recovering from a hand injury.

McKay said: “My preparation has been good.  I did have to take some time off with injury after winning my last tournament in April but the build up to this has given me the chance to work on some different skills and get back fit, so I am looking forward to showcasing it.

“I think the UK has the best crowds in any sport, so I am expecting the crowd to be very loud and very supportive.”

The World Boxing Cup is a new international boxing format developed by World Boxing, the international federation which has been established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement.

The World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 will be delivered by England Boxing in association with World Boxing and GB Boxing and is supported by the National Lottery and Sheffield City Council.