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Boxing action begins at World Boxing Cup – Felix Stamm: Poland 2025

Day one saw 48 boxers take to the ring at the World Boxing Cup – Felix Stamm: Poland 2025, held at Arena COS Torwar, in Warsaw. The competition takes place from 12 – 16, 2025.

The 24 bouts on the opening day were spread across ten weight classes, seven men’s and three women’s.

Host nation, Poland, got off to a perfect start with two wins from two for their boxers in session one. Nikolas Pawlik (55kg) secured a 4:1 win over Türkiye’s Semih Gumus while Damian Durkacz (70kg), who competed at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, delivered a unanimous 5:0 victory over Germany’s Paris Olympian, Magomed Schachidov.

Uzbekistan’s Jakhongir Zokirov won by RSC in the second round against Oskar Kopera, of Poland, in the first 90+kg bout in the competition. The men’s 65kg saw a tightly contested, all-Mongolian affair, with Misheelt Battumur getting the better of Bat-Ulzii Erdenetsogt by a 3:2 split decision.

Poland had the most wins on day one with six wins, followed by England with four, then Uzbekistan and Mongolia with three each. Poland’s Weronika Dziubek won the battle between the best performing nations on the first day, defeating England’s Kayla Allen with a 3:2 split decision.

For a full list of the results and more information, including images, visit: https://pzb.com.pl/puchar-swiata-warszawa-2025

Tomorrow will feature another two sessions, the first starting at 11:00 CET followed by an evening session that begins at 17:00 CET. 30 bouts are scheduled across ten weight classes, made up of five women’s and five men’s.

All the action will be streamed on World Boxing’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing

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

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More than 180 boxers from 24 national federations set to compete at World Boxing Cup – Feliks Stamm: Poland 2025

More than 180 boxers from 24 National Federations countries will take part in the World Boxing Cup Finals – Felix Stamm: Poland 2025 when the action gets underway next week (12 – 16 May 2025) at the 16 at Arena COS Torwar, in Warsaw.

101 men and 82 women are registered to take part in the competition which will feature action at 10 weight categories each for both men and women.

The draw for the event will be on Sunday 11 May and the action will get underway on Monday 12 May 2025.  Details of the draw and all event information will be available at https://pzb.com.pl/puchar-swiata-warszawa-2025/event-documents

Host nation Poland has 30 boxers signed up to compete including Paris silver medallist, Julie Szeremeta.

Europe is the most-represented continent with teams from England, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, France, Spain, Kosovo, Lithuania, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Scotland, Sweden, Turkey, Wales, and Italy.

Africa will be represented by Gambia and Nigeria and South America by Brazil. Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan are making the journey from Asia. Merveille Binda will compete as a refugee.

All of the action will be streamed 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/

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

Two-time world champion Natasha Jonas and rising star Odel Kamara launch tickets on sale for World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool

Two-time professional world champion, Natasha Jonas, and rising star, Odel Kamara, from GB Boxing and Salisbury ABC have officially launched ‘tickets on sale’ for the forthcoming World Boxing Championships, at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, 4-14 September 2025.

More than 500 men and women from over 60 countries will compete in the tournament which is the biggest Olympic-style boxing event to be held in the UK since London 2012. It will feature competition in 10 weight classes for men and women and be the first time ever that male and female boxers have competed in Olympic-style boxing at the same event for the title of World Boxing Champion.

Tickets for the Championships are on sale from 11:00 on Wednesday 30 April 2025 on Ticket Quarter at Get Tickets

Prices start at £15 for Adults and £5 for Concessions (U16, OAPs, Students and those in receipt of benefits). A “buy 10, get one free” offer is available for group bookings.

At the media event to launch the ticket sales, Natasha and Odel were joined by four young boxers from Higherside ABC in Whiston, the Chair of Liverpool Sport, Clare Briegal, and the Independent Chair of the World Boxing Championships 2025 Steering Group. Jason Harborow.

Natasha Jonas, who won a world championship medal in 2011 on route to representing Team GB at London 2012, said: “I know from my own experiences that the world championships is the best versus the best when it comes to Olympic-style boxing, so this is going to be a really top-class competition that I am sure boxing fans will enjoy.

“Liverpool is a great city for boxing, where people really understand the sport and I am sure they will get behind the boxers and provide great support to all of our home nation men and women.

“The fact that this is the first ever combined world championships for men and women makes it even more special and I am sure it will be a fantastic event and a great showcase for everything that is good about the sport of boxing. 

“It shows how far the women’s sport has come and to have this event in Liverpool will be great for boxing across the city as there will be lots of activities with clubs, schools and community groups to help the sport to continue to grow and develop.”

Odel Kamara boxes for Salisbury ABC and is part of Great Britain’s Olympic programme where he trains with the GB Boxing squad at its training centre in Sheffield every week.  The 21-year-old has enjoyed success recently, winning gold and silver at his two most recent international competitions, and is hoping to be selected to compete at the Championships in his hometown.

Odel added: “Ever since it I heard this event was coming to Liverpool, this has been my number one priority.  To have the chance to compete at World Boxing Championships in my hometown would be a dream come true and I cannot wait for September to come round when I can show everyone what I am capable of. 

“This is a massive opportunity for me in the build-up to LA28 which can really get me known as one of the best boxers on the circuit at my weight and I am determined to do everything I can to make sure I take it. All of the boxers in the GB squad are excited about having this even on home soil and it is the main focus of everyone in the gym for this year.”

Further details about the event are available at https://www.worldboxingliverpool.com/.

As part of the event, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) is committed to ensuring that the World Boxing Championships 2025 has a positive social impact across the Liverpool City Region and will be delivering a wide range of activities to engage with local communities and provide opportunities for thousands of people to benefit from the staging of the Championships.

Activities will include

  • Delivering a series of ‘boxing activator’ courses to train people in schools, community organisations on providing non-contact boxing courses to school age children
  • The appointment of a full-time Coaching Apprentice who will be tasked with delivering more than 1,100 hours of community coaching over 15 months
  • Delivering more than 50 ‘non-contact boxing taster’ sessions to community groups
  • Delivering England Boxing accredited courses to qualify more than 35 new coaches and 20 new officials
  • The delivery of the Literacy Kicks programme in 20 schools, which uses non-contact boxing as a means to support literacy in the classroom

The social impact activities will be overseen by England Boxing and are supported by the purpose-led independent law firm, Brabners who are a partner of the event.

Liverpool has a long history of staging major international events and was selected as the host of the inaugural World Boxing Championships following a successful bid that was developed by a group of partners which comprised England Boxing, GB Boxing, Liverpool City Council and the M&S Bank Arena, with the support of the National Lottery and UK Sport. Event partners are Sting, Nike Boxing, Brabners, the Liverpool Bid Company and Visit Liverpool.

Boxing fans can get early access to tickets for World Boxing Championships 2025 by registering for priority presale

Boxing fans can get exclusive early access to tickets for the World Boxing Championships 2025 in Liverpool by REGISTERING NOW at www.worldboxingliverpool.com for the priority presale to purchase tickets from 11:00 on Monday 28 April 2025.

The priority presale is open for 48 hours before tickets go on general sale at 11:00 on Wednesday 30 April 2025 at Ticket Quarter.

The World Boxing Championships 2025 for elite men and women will run from 4 – 14 September 2025 at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.

More than 500 boxers from over 60 countries will take part in the competition which will be the first Elite-level global championships hosted by World Boxing, the new International Federation for Olympic style boxing.  It will be the biggest Olympic-style boxing event to be held in Great Britain since the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The action will feature competition in 10 weight classes for both men and women and be the first time ever that male and female boxers have competed in Olympic-style boxing for the title of World Boxing Champion at the same event.

Liverpool has a long history of staging major international events and was selected as the host of the inaugural World Boxing Championships following a successful bid that was developed by a group of partners which comprised England Boxing, GB Boxing, Liverpool City Council and the M&S Bank Arena, with the support of the National Lottery and UK Sport. Event partners are Sting, Nike Boxing, Brabners, the Liverpool Bid Company and Visit Liverpool.

Venues announced for Boxing competition at LA28

The venues have been announced for the boxing competition that will take place at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28).

The preliminary boxing rounds will be held in the Peacock Theater in Downton Los Angeles before the action moves to Arena in Downtown Los Angeles for the final stages.

248 boxers will compete in the boxing competition at LA28 which will be delivered and managed by World Boxing.  It will feature seven male and seven female weight classes, providing full parity between men and women for the first time at an Olympic Games. 

LA28 Chief Executive Officer, Reynold Hoover, said: “We’ve promised the world an incredible Olympic Games and today we’re proud to share the plan that will make it happen. Los Angeles is the epicenter of sports, culture and entertainment, and every venue selected for the 2028 Games will provide athletes and fans the best possible experience.

“The 2028 Olympic venue plan invites communities from across the region to celebrate the Games coming to their backyard with the most exciting sports staged at some of the world’s top-tier existing stadiums and arenas, famous beaches and purpose-built temporary structures.”

City of Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass, said: “As the Host City for the 2028 Games, Los Angeles will become only the third city in the history of the world to host the Summer Olympics three times and these venues will showcase the best of our city to a global audience.

“This plan brings the Games to all corners of our city like never before — from the Sepulveda Basin to the iconic shores of Venice Beach, our world-famous neighborhoods as well as our hidden gems will be on full display for all to experience and enjoy. And as we come together to prepare, we will help small businesses, create local jobs and implement lasting environmental and transportation improvements that will leave a legacy in our city for generations to come.”

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 with a mission to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement.  It held its first formal meeting with the IOC in May 2024 and on 25 February 2025, it was granted provisional recognition by the IOC as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at world level. 

IOC confirms gender parity in boxing at LA28 with seven weight classes for both men and women 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed the weight classes and quota places for the boxing competition at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) where there will be full parity between men and women. 

It means there will be seven weight classes for both men and women, who will have an equal share of the 248 quota places in the boxing competition (124 each). 

Parity in the weight classes means an additional weight category has been added to the female competition from Paris 2024, where there were seven classes for men (125 quota places) and six for women (124 quota places). 

The news follows the decision by the 144th Session of the IOC (20 March 2025) to restore boxing to the sport programme for LA28, where the competition and qualification pathway will be managed by World Boxing after it was granted provisional recognition by the IOC in February 2025 as the International Federation (IF) for boxing within the Olympic Movement. 

The weight classes for boxing at LA28 will be:

Men’s Weight Categories Women’s Weight Categories
OverUnderOverUnder
Bantamweight 50kg 55kg Flyweight 48kg 51kg 
Lightweight 55kg 60kg Bantamweight 51kg 54kg 
Welterweight 60kg 65kg Featherweight 54kg 57kg 
Light-middleweight 65kg 70kg Lightweight 57kg 60kg 
Light-heavyweight 70kg 80kg Welterweight 60kg 65kg 
Heavyweight 80kg 90kg Light-middleweight 65kg 70kg 
Super-heavyweight 90kg Middleweight 
70kg75kg

The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “Boxing is an inclusive sport that is open to everyone and we welcome the decision by the IOC to create parity in the number of weight classes for men and women at LA28. 

“This will be a significant milestone for the sport and is a sign of the enormous progress that has been made in women’s boxing since it was first included in the Olympic programme at London 2012, where there were three weight categories. World Boxing is committed to playing a positive role within the Olympic Movement and we look forward to working closely with the IOC to deliver a boxing competition that will be a fantastic platform for our male and female competitors and showcase all that is great about our sport.”

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 with a mission to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement. 

It held its first formal meeting with the IOC in May 2024 and on 25 February 2025, it was granted provisional recognition by the IOC as the International Federation (IF) within the Olympic Movement governing the sport of boxing at world level. 

World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2025 Concludes

The World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2025 was completed on Saturday, April 5, inside Rafain Palace Hotel and Convention in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. Eighteen champions were crowned on the final day of competition, finalizing a six-day tournament that kicked off the 2025 calendar for World Boxing.

On the final day of the men’s competition, Uzbekistan cleaned up with an astounding five wins, while Brazil claimed a pair of victories in Saturday’s gold medal bouts. India earned a walkover victory in the 70kg weight class and Kazakhstan secured one gold medal in the loaded 55kg division.

In the women’s finals schedule, Poland was the lone nation with multiple gold medals, one from Wiktoria Rogalinska (54kg) and Barbara Marcinkowska (70kg). Italy, Brazil, England, Kazakhstan, Argentina and Norway notched champions on the final day.

For the men’s total medal count, 10 nations closed the week with athletes atop the podium. Uzbekistan led the way with seven medals, five of which were gold. India checked in next with six medals, while Brazil came in third with five medals. England earned four medals, three of which were silver. France, Kazakhstan and Poland each earned three medals. Italy and the United States each earned two medals, while Guatemala closed the week with one bronze medal.

In the women’s medal count, 11 countries claimed medals across the total standings. Poland led all nations with seven medals, including two gold, three silver and two bronze. Italy finished second overall with five total medals, while Brazil and England tied for third with four medals each. The United States finished fifth overall with three medals, including one silver and two bronze. Australia, Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan each claimed two medals. Argentina, Germany and Norway rounded out the medal standings with one medal for each nation.

Up next, the World Boxing Cup series will head to Astana, Kazakhstan, 30 June through 7 July.

Men’s Medal Count:

CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal Medals
Uzbekistan5117
India1146
Brazil2215
England–314
France–123
Kazakhstan1–23
Poland–123
Italy––22
USA––22
Guatemala––11

Women’s Medal Count:

CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal Medals
Poland2327
Italy1315
Brazil1–34
Englnd1–34
USA–123
Australia–112
Chinese Taipei––22
Kazakhstan1–12
Argentina1––1
Germany––11
Norway1––1

Finals Set for World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2025

Finals matchups were set for six more weight classes at the World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2025 inside Rafain Palace Hotel and Convention in Foz do Iguachu, Brazil, on Friday, April 4. Saturday’s championships schedule will consist of 18 bouts across as many weight classes with nine matches in each of the men’s and women’s competitions.

Friday’s lone session began with a women’s 51kg matchup between Kazakhstan’s Zhazira Urakbayeva and Poland’s Natalia Kuczewska. While the action went back and forth between the opening two rounds, Urakbayeva ultimately earned a 3-2 victory.

Bout two featured Italy’s Lucia Elen Ayari and the United States’ Jennifer Lozano in another tightly contested showdown. Lozano stepped ahead after pushing the pace in the first round. Ayari clawed back on the judges’ scorecards over the final two rounds and earned a 3-2 win over the American. Urakbayeva and Ayari will now square off in the first bout of Saturday’s evening session.

There were no questions in the 57kg division as each winner punched their ticket to the gold medal match with a 5-0 win. Poland’s Julia Szeremeta, a Paris 2024 Olympic silver medalist, bested Kazakhstan’s Sarsenbek in the opening semifinal of the division. In the following bout, Brazil’s Jucielen Romeu, another Paris 2024 Olympian, cruised past England’s Vivien Parsons in front of the home crowd. Szeremeta and Romeu will face off in bout two of Saturday’s evening session.

Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Altynbek overpowered India’s Manish Rathore in the 55kg weight class to book his ticket to the gold medal match. Altynbek swayed all five judges during the bout and will now face Uzbekistan’s Mirarzizbek Mirzakhalilov, who also scored a 5-0 win over his Guatemalan opponent, Jose Daniel Felipe Mijangos. Altynbek and Mirzakhalilov are scheduled to box in bout five of Saturday’s evening session.

The men’s 65kg division also featured a pair of 5-0 wins for Brazil’s Yuri Reis and India’s Abhinash Jamwal. Reis dazzled in front of the Brazilian crowd and earned three perfect scorecards from four judges against England’s Patris Mulghalzai. Jamwal also left no question on his side of the bracket and claimed 10-9 scorecards from four judges throughout the match. Reis and Jamwal will contend for the gold medal in bout six during the evening session on Saturday.

Uzbekistan has been dominant throughout the week and Javokhir Ummataliev’s 80kg semifinal matchup against Kazakhstan’s Dias Molzhigitov was no different. Ummataliev was on point from start to finish and scored a 5-0 win over Molzhigitov. Brazil’s Wanderley Pereira overpowered France’s Yojerlin Cesar with a unanimous decision victory, marking Brazil’s third victory of the day. Ummataliev and Pereira will now meet in the title match, scheduled for bout eight of Saturday’s evening session.

In the first semifinal bout of the 85kg division, Kazakhstan’s Daulet Tulemissov left no question and closed the match early with a second-round knockout (KO) against France’s Abdoulaye Traore. The day’s final bout featured Uzbekistan’s Akmaljon Isroilov and Poland’s Jakub Straszewski. Isroilov carried out yet another major victory for his nation and won via unanimous decision. Tulemissov and Isroilov will meet inside the ropes on Saturday in bout eight of the first session.

Saturday’s schedule will feature two sessions, an afternoon session and an evening session, with nine championship bouts in each block. The afternoon session will begin at 14:00 BRT, followed by the evening session at 18:00 BRT. Each bout will be broadcast live on the World Boxing YouTube channel, linked here.

Detailed information including draws, schedules and images will be uploaded to the official event website.

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

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