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The first Olympic quota places have been secured by boxers at the Asia Qualifying Tournament, which is currently taking place as part of the of the 19^th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

18 of the 34 available quota places have now been awarded following the first week of competition which has featured 237 boxers from 38 National Olympic Committees (NOCs).

So far, the countries that have enjoyed most success in qualifying boxers for Paris 2024 are:

• China – 4 boxers
• India – 3 boxers
• DPR Korea, Chinese Taipei, Tajikistan, Thailand – 2 boxers
• Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan – 1 boxer

The first boxer to secure Olympic qualification was Yesugen Oyuntsetseg of Mongolia when she defeated Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan 4-0 in her Women’s 50kg quarter final.

The full list of boxers that have qualified to-date is:

Women:

• Light-flyweight (50kg) – Yesugen Oyuntsetseg (MGL), Yu Wu (CHN), Chuthamat Raksat (THA), Zareen Nikhat (IND).

• Bantamweight (54kg) – Preeti (IND) Yuan Chang (CHN), Cholmi Pang (PRK), Nigina Uktamova (UZB)

• Featherweight (57kg) – Parveen (IND), Yu Ting Lin (TPE), Karina Ibragimova (KAZ), Mijgona Samadova (TJK).

• Lightweight (60kg) – Thananya Somnuek (THA), Ungyong Won (PRK), Shihyi Wu (TPE), Wenlu Yang (CHN).

Men:

• Heavyweight (92kg) – Davlat Boltaev (TJK), China’s Xuezhen Han (CHN)

The coming days will see the remaining 16 Olympic places allocated with two slots available in each of the women’s 66kg and 75kg divisions and the men’s 51kg, 57kg, 63.5kg, 71kg, 80kg and 92kg+ weight classes.

Details of the draw and results of all the action from the Asia Qualification Tournament can be viewed here: https://boxing.athlete365.org/boxing-road-to-paris-2024/asia-qualification-tournament/

Details of the daily schedules and how to watch the action can be viewed at:  https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-boxing-preview-full-schedule-watch-live

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World Boxing, the new international federation established to keep boxing at the heart of the Olympic Movement, will hold its inaugural Congress at the Mainarcaden Venue in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 24 and 25 November 2023.

The Congress will host World Boxing’s first ever elections when members will vote for a range of offices including President, Vice President (VP) and places on World Boxing’s Executive Board along with the Chairs of the Sport and Competition Committee, the Medical and Anti-Doping Committee and the Finance and Audit Committee.

Frankfurt am Main has been specifically chosen as the location for World Boxing’s first elections owing to its historical significance as the cradle of the German democratic movement and the place (Frankfurter Nationalversammlung) where the first freely elected parliament for all German states first sat in May 1848.

All of the National Federations that have joined World Boxing will be eligible to take part in the Congress and vote in the elections which have received more than 40 nominations, from 18 countries across four continents, for the Executive positions.

In line with the processes set-out in World Boxing’s Statutes, Rules for Electoral Voting and Rules for Candidates of Elections (HERE), the candidates are currently being assessed for eligibility by an independent Vetting Panel. The Vetting Panel is made-up of three independent, external experts that do not have any involvement or knowledge of World Boxing and is supported by the leading independent provider of sport-specific arbitration and mediation services, Sport Resolutions.

Once the vetting process has been completed a final list of eligible candidates will be published in October 2023, no later than 30 days before the elections take place.

World Boxing’s members will have two or three votes depending on their compliance with the voting rules detailed in World Boxing’s statutes (HERE).

The elections will be overseen by an experienced, independent, third-party organisation.  Scrutineers will be onsite to ensure the veracity of the election processes and that candidates are treated in a fair and equitable manner.

Simon Toulson, Secretary General, World Boxing, said: “Hosting its inaugural Congress and holding open, fair and transparent elections will be a significant milestone in the evolution of World Boxing and demonstrate that the organisation is delivering on its commitment to the principles of integrity, honesty and excellence.  

“We have a number of excellent candidates and the support we have received from high calibre National Federations to participate in the Congress is a clear indication of the desire for change and determination to deliver a better future that exists across international boxing.

“By holding its first elections in a city which is so historically linked to the principles of democratic process, we aim to send out a strong signal about the way that World Boxing will operate and the values that it stands for as an organisation.”

The Secretary General of the German Boxing Association, Michael Mueller, added: “Hosting this inaugural Congress in Germany is a sign of our federation’s commitment to supporting the goals of World Boxing and working closely with this new international federation and all of our fellow members to ensure the future of Olympic boxing for all our athletes.”

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 and aims to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement. It will seek recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and plans to work constructively and collaboratively to develop a pathway that will preserve boxing’s ongoing place on the Olympic competition programme at Los Angeles 2028 and beyond.

World Boxing, the new international federation established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement, has added two new members to its Executive Board (EB), Dinah Glykidis, Chief Executive of Boxing Australia and Marketa Haindlova, who is the Founder and Principal of an International Law Firm specialising in sport.

The pair have extensive experience in a wide variety of sports executive roles and were unanimously appointed following a request by World Boxing to National Federations asking them to nominate individuals with the skills and expertise to make a positive contribution to the work of the EB.

Dinah Glykidis has been the CEO of Boxing Australia for three years and is responsible for the leadership and strategic direction of the organisation.   Under her leadership, the federation has made progress in a number of areas including improvements in the provision of medical services, the introduction of new committees, the establishment of partnerships to improve governance and regulation and the creation of new initiatives to enhance Boxing Australia’s pathways programme.

JUDr. Marketa Vochoska Haindlova LL.M. is an attorney and sports executive.  She is the founder and principal of an international law firm, Marketa Haindlova, specialising in sports law and has specific expertise in governance and dispute resolution.  In parallel to her legal practice, Marketa has extensive executive experience in governance and sports diplomacy and has previously served as Chair of the Board of Appeal and Review of the Football Association of the Czech Republic.  She co-founded the Czech Association of Football Players and is a member of the Expert Group of the National Council for Sport, a Board member of both the National Court of Arbitration for Sport in the Czech Republic and the FIFPRO Division Europe Executive Board.  Since July 2023, she has been a member of the UEFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee.

The new additions mean World Boxing’s EB is made-up of 12 men and women from 9 countries across four continents.  It includes two Athlete Representatives: Tokyo 2020, middleweight gold medallist, Lauren Price from Wales, and the USA’s super-heavyweight silver medallist, Richard Torrez Jr. 

The 12 men and women will serve as members of the EB on an interim basis until the organisation’s inaugural Congress in November 2023 when they will have the opportunity to stand for election to the EB, which will be voted-on by the membership of World Boxing.

Dinah Glykidis, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Boxing Australia, said: “It is vitally important that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement and I am delighted to have the opportunity to play my part in making sure this happens.  World Boxing offers hope of a better future for everyone connected with the sport and I am looking forward to working with my colleagues to create an international federation that we can all be proud of that puts the interests of boxers at the heart of decision making.”

Marketa Haindlova commented: “Boxing is one of the world’s most traditional sports and has always been an integral and valued member of the world’s sport community. Many international sport organizations today face significant challenges and threats and I am very proud to be part of an organisation, in World Boxing, that is proactively addressing these while embracing the key values of fair play and transparent governance. World Boxing has been set-up to preserve the integrity of boxing and enable it to grow and I look forward to contributing to this process.”

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 and aims to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement.  It will seek recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and plans to work constructively and collaboratively to develop a pathway that will preserve boxing’s ongoing place on the Olympic competition programme at Los Angeles 2028 and beyond.

The next stage of Olympic qualification for Paris 2024 got underway this weekend, with 237 boxers from 38 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) taking part in the Asia Qualification Tournament which is part of the of the 19^th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

The boxing competition runs from 24 September – 5 October 2023 and will take place across 13 weight categories – six for women and seven for men. A total of 34 Olympic quota places are at stake.

Updates and results will be posted on World Boxing’s website and social media channels, as well as online at the Boxing Road to Paris website: https://boxing.athlete365.org/boxing-road-to-paris-2024/asia-qualification-tournament/.

The Asia Qualification Tournament is the third of five continental qualifying tournaments for the Paris 2024 Games and the European Games which took place in Poland in June and July and the recently competed Africa Qualification Tournament which was held in Senegal.

Once the 34 Olympics quota places available in Hangzhou have been filled, attention will turn to the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile (20 October – 5 November 2023), before switching again to the Oceania Qualification Tournament, which will be part of the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara in the Soloman Islands (27 November – 2 December 2023).

When all five continental qualifiers have been completed there will be two final World Qualification Tournaments in 2024. The first will take place in Busto Arisizio, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, (29 February – 12 March 2024) and the second and last Boxing Qualification Tournament will be held in Bangkok, Thailand (23 May – 3 June 2024).

Details of the draw and results of all the action from the Asia Qualification Tournament can be viewed here: https://boxing.athlete365.org/boxing-road-to-paris-2024/asia-qualification-tournament/

Details of the daily schedules and how to watch the action can be viewed at:  https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-games-2023-boxing-preview-full-schedule-watch-live

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EIGHTEEN boxers have secured their place at Paris 2024 following the Africa Qualification Tournament in Senegal.

Eleven women and seven men successfully qualified for the Olympic Games following the seven-day tournament, which took place in the Dakar Arena on the outskirts of the Senegalese capital.

Ten boxers had confirmed their places ahead of the final day of competition.  Eight more joined them at the end of day seven, when the final quota places were awarded alongside 13 gold medals.

One quota place was available in each of the men’s weight divisions and the women’s 75kg category.  Two placed were on offer in each of the other women’s weight classifications.

The eleven women boxers who have secured Olympic qualification are:

• Light-flyweight (50kg) – Roumaysa Boualam (ALG) and Yasmine Mouttaki (MAR)
• Bantamweight (54kg) – Widad Bertal (MAR) and Yomna Ahmed Rezk Abdalla Ayyad (EGY)
• Featherweight (57kg) – Khouloud Hlimi (TUN) and Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (COD)
• Lightweight (60kg) – Hadjila Khelif (ALG) and Cynthia Ogunsemilore (NGR)
• Welterweight (66kg) – Alcinda Lucas Dos Santos (MOZ) and Imane Khelif (ALG)
• Middleweight (75kg) – Khadija Mardi (MOR)

They will be joined in Paris by the following seven male qualifiers:

• Men’s 51kg – Patrick Chinyemba (ZAM)
• Men’s 57kg – Joshua Omole Dolapo (NGR)
• Men’s 63.5kg – Jugurtha Ait Bekka (ALG)
• Men’s 71kg – Elsayed Ragab Elawady (EGY)
• Men’s 80kg – Abdelrahman Abdelgawwad (EGY)
• Men’s 92kg – Adam Olaore (NGR)
• Men’s +92kg – Mourad Kadi (ALG)

Following Dakar, attention will turn to the Asia Qualification Tournament, which will be held at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China (23 September – 8 October 2023).  The Americas Qualification Tournament will then take place at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile (20 October – 5 November 2023) and the Oceania Qualification Tournament will be part of the 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara in the Soloman Islands (27 November – 2 December 2023).

These will be followed by two final World Qualification Tournaments in 2024. The first will take place in Busto Arisizio, on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, (29 February – 12 March 2024) and the second and last Boxing Qualification Tournament will be held in Bangkok, Thailand (23 May – 3 June 2024).

TEN female boxers secured qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games at yesterday’s semi-final’s in the Africa Qualification Tournament at the Dakar Arena in the capital of Senegal.

Seven men and one more woman will be looking to join them in today’s final day of competition.

The 10 women that qualified in yesterday’s semi-finals are:

• Light-flyweight (50kg) – Roumaysa Boualam (ALG) and Yasmine Mouttaki (MAR)
• Bantamweight (54kg) – Widad Bertal (MAR) and Yomna Ahmed Rezk Abdalla Ayyad (EGY)
• Featherweight (57kg) – Khouloud Hlimi (TUN) and Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (COD)
• Lightweight (60kg) – Hadjila Khelif (ALG) and Cynthia Ogunsemilore (NGR)
• Welterweight (66kg) – Alcinda Lucas Dos Santos (MOZ) and Imane Khelif (ALG)

Today’s final qualification bouts to secure the remaining eight quota places are:

• Women’s 75kg – Khadija Mardi (MAR) v Elizabeth Andiego (KEN).
• Men’s 51kg – Patrick Chinyemba (ZAM) v Ala Eddine Zidi (TUN)
• Men’s 57kg – Joshua Omole Dolapo (NGR) v Yadesa Leta Fikremariyam (ETH)
• Men’s 63.5kg – Richarno Colin (MRI) v Jugurtha Ait Bekka (ALG)
• Men’s 71kg – Elsayed Ragab Elawady (EGY) v Steve Kulenguluka (COD)
• Men’s 80kg – Yusuf Lucasi Changalawe (TAN) v Abdelrahman Abdelgawwad (EGY)
• Men’s 92kg – Mohamed Houmri (ALG) v Adam Olaore (NGR)
• Men’s +92kg – Mourad Kadi (ALG) v Diarga Balde (SEN)

For a full list of results and draws, visit: https://boxing.athlete365.org/2023-africa-qualification-tournament/ 

All the final action can be viewed at https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-boxing-africa-qualifier-all-results-full-list

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TEN women will qualify for Paris 2024 today when the semi-finals of the Africa Qualification Tournament take place at the Dakar Arena in the capital of Senegal.

The places are on offer in five of the women’s weight categories, where two boxers can qualify at each class.

The first women with the chance to qualify for Paris will box in the bantamweight category (54kg), followed by the lightweight (60kg) class. The afternoon session’s quota places will come from the women’s light-flyweight (50kg), featherweight (57kg) and welterweight categories (66kg).

The men’s competition will see seven semi-finals take place today.  The winners will have a chance to secure a place at Paris 2024 in tomorrow’s finals.

Details of today’s sessions are below:

Session 9A, 12:00 (GMT)

• Women’s 54kg – Widad Berta (MAR) v Sara Haghighat-Joo  (SLE)

• Women’s 54kg – Abdalla Yomna Ayyad (EGY) v Zohra Abdelkader (ALG)

• Women’s 60kg – Mariam Sidibe (CIV) v Khelif Hadjila  (ALG)

• Women’s 60kg – Felistars Nkandu (ZAM) v Temitayo Ogunsemilore (NGR)

• Women’s 75kg – Patricia Mbata (NGR) v Khadija Mardi  (MAR)

• Women’s 75kg – Molka Ben (TUN) v Elizabeth Andiego (KEN)

• Men’s 57kg – Christian Sangue (CMR) v Joshua Omole (NGR)

• Men’s 57kg – Yadesa Leta (ETH) v Hichem Maouche (ALG)

• Men’s 71kg – Miguel Fernandes de Barros (CPV) v Elawad Omar Elwady (EGY)

• Men’s 71kg – Michael Pakela (LES) v Steve Kulenguluka (COD)

• Men’s 92kg – Ayoub Maani (MAR) v Adam Olaore (NGR)

• Men’s 92kg – Julio Gabriel (MOZ) v Mohamed Houmri (ALG)

• Men’s +92kg – Mourad Kadi (ALG) v Evans Agnes (SEY)

• Men’s +92kg – Mohamed Firisse (MAR) v Diarga Balde (SEN)

Session 10A, 17:00 (GMT)

• Women’s 50kg – Omowunmi Oyesiji (NGR) v Roumaysa Boualam (ALG)

• Women’s 50kg – Yasmine Mouttaki (MAR) v Benedicte Diyoka (COD)

• Women’s 57kg – Khouloud Hlimi (TUN) v Mariatou Diallo (SEN)

• Women’s 57kg – Marcelat Sakobi (COD) v Joy Ojo  (NGR)

• Women’s 66kg – Noelle Bindzi (CMR) v Imane Khelif (ALG)

• Women’s 66kg – Brigitte Mbabi (COD) v Lucas Dos Santos (MOZ)

• Men’s 51kg – Said Mortaji (MAR) v Patrick Chinyemba (ZAM)

• Men’s 51kg – Kpakpo Allotey (GHA) v ZIDI Eddine Zidi (TUN)

• Men’s 63.5kg – Joshua Tukamuhebwa (UGA) v Richarno Colin (MRI)

• Men’s 63.5kg – Jugurtha Ait  (ALG) v John Paul Masamba (RSA)

• Men’s 80kg – Lucasi Changalawe (TAN) v Younes Nemouchi (ALG)

• Men’s 80kg – Orabi Abdelgawwad (EGY) v IPINGE Tonateni Ipinge (NAM)

For a full list of results and draws, visit: https://boxing.athlete365.org/2023-africa-qualification-tournament/ 

All of the action can be viewed at https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-boxing-africa-qualifier-all-results-full-list

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The National Federations for boxing in Denmark, Mongolia, Panama and French Polynesia have been confirmed as the latest four members of World Boxing, the new international federation established to keep boxing at the heart of the Olympic movement and support the growth and development of the sport at local, regional, national and international levels.

The addition of four more countries means World Boxing now has 16 members. 

Mongolia, which has a proud tradition in boxing and has won seven Olympic medals since 1988, is the first National Federation from Asia to join World Boxing and means it now has members from five continents.

The National Federation for French Polynesia is a new organisation that has been approved by the country’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) and Sports Ministry.  It has never been affiliated to IBA and is the first National Federation to be recognised by World Boxing that has not been a member of IBA.

All of the members 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
• Have a solid national and international boxing sports programme

The applications were approved by the Executive Board of World Boxing and will be ratified at the organisation’s inaugural Congress in November 2023.

All of World Boxing’s members will be invited to attend the Congress and have had the opportunity to nominate candidates for the offices of President, Vice President (VP) and places on World Boxing’s Executive Board and the Chairs of the Sport and Competition Committee, the Medical and Anti-Doping Committee and the Finance and Audit Committee.  All full members will have voting rights at the Congress.

World Boxing’s Secretary General, Simon Toulson, said: “This is the third cohort of countries to join World Boxing in the last month and is a sign of both the desire for change that exists across the sport and the recognition by National Federations of the critical importance of boxing remaining at the heart of the Olympic movement.

“We have letters of intent from a healthy number of National Federations that plan to join World Boxing and are currently processing a backlog of additional membership applications, so it is clear that there are many countries that want to work with an international federation that is committed to integrity, honesty and excellence and creating a better future for the sport.”

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 and aims to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement.  It will seek recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and plans to work constructively and collaboratively to develop a pathway that will preserve boxing’s ongoing place on the Olympic competition programme at Los Angeles 2028 and beyond.

The first cohort of World Boxing members was made-up of USA Boxing, New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia, GB Boxing, England Boxing and the Dutch Boxing Federation.  They were joined in August 2023 by the National Federations for boxing in Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Honduras and Sweden.

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