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First quarter finals complete as world class boxing continues in Astana

The first four quarter finals of the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025 took place on the second day of action, alongside forty more preliminary bouts.

The women’s 75kg saw quarter final action taking place, offering boxers the chance to secure a bronze at minimum with victory. Aziza Zokirova (UZB), Sunniva Hofstad (NOR), Nadezhaa Ryabets (KAZ) and Busra Isildar (TUR) were victorious in the opening quarter finals of the competition each securing a medal for their national federation.

There was another knockout, this time in the men’s 90kg+ category, with Diego Lenzi earning an impressive win over Brazil’s Joel Ramos De Silva in round two. Despite that defeat, Brazil enjoyed a positive day earning five victories across the two sessions, including from multiple time World Boxing event gold medallist, Luiz Oliveira, in the men’s 60kg.

Day three will feature a further two sessions, the first starting at 14:00 (UTC+5) and the second at 19:00 (UTC+5). Another 44 bouts are scheduled, with many weight categories reaching the quarter final stage, promising an action-packed day yet again in Astana.

Full results from day two and schedules for the rest of the tournament can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

Day three 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/

X – https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

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

Action gets underway in Kazakhstan

33 bouts took place on the opening day of the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025, which runs until July 6.

The hosts enjoyed a good start to the competition picking up four wins on the opening day, but it was France and India who earned the most success – both picking up five wins.

Mongolia, Brazil and England all picked up two wins to start their week well. The event has showcased world-class, Olympic-style boxing from around the world, with twenty nations picking up at least one win.

USA’s Malachi Georges produced the highlight moment of the day in his 90kg bout with Italy’s Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine, earning a knockout victory in round one.

Day two will feature another two sessions, the first starting at 14:00 (UTC+5) and the second at 19:00 (UTC+5). 44 bouts are scheduled including the first quarter final bouts of the event, in the women’s 75kg weight category.

Full results from day one and schedules for the rest of the tournament can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

Day two 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/

X – https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

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

Over 400 boxers from 31 nations head to Kazakhstan for World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025

From June 30 to July 6, more than 400 boxers representing 31 countries will be battling it out for medals at the World Boxing Cup: Kazakhstan – Astana 2025.

The competition will be hosted in the country’s capital, Astana, at the Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Martial Art Palace. Several Olympians and previous World Boxing Cup champions will be in action. It will feature the same twenty weight categories used in Poland and Brazil earlier this year, ten for men and ten for women.

The draw will be made for the event at 19:00 local time (GMT+5) on Sunday 29 June.

The confirmed registered nations are Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States and Uzbekistan.

The World Boxing Cup is a competition format developed by World Boxing whereby elite male and female boxers accrue ranking points over several stages of competition during the calendar year.

It is designed to bring greater structure and meaning to the competition calendar in Olympic-style boxing and culminates in a final event where the stage winners and other top-ranked boxers compete for the World Boxing Cup trophy.

The event will be livestreamed on World Boxing’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing

Draws, results and additional information can be found at: https://www.kfb.kz

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

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

X – https://x.com/RealWorldBoxing

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

World Boxing seeks to appoint full-time Secretary General

World Boxing is seeking to appoint a full-time Secretary General to support its continued growth and development and oversee the operational management of the organisation, which is the International Federation within the Olympic Movement with responsibility for governing boxing at world level.

The Secretary General will work with the President and Executive Board of World Boxing to support the growth and development of both the organisation and the sport of Olympic-style boxing, manage relationships with key stakeholders and have responsibility for all day-to-day operations.

The role will be based at World Boxing’s headquarters in Lausanne and specific responsibilities will cover:

  • Providing strategic leadership and overseeing governance
  • Operational management and deployment of organisational resources
  • Management of relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and representing World Boxing at key international forums, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC), other International Federations (IFs), and governmental bodies
  • Legal and ethical oversight

The full job description and details of how to apply are available here.

The closing date for applications is 23:59 CET Sunday 13 July 2025.

World Boxing is committed to fairness and equity and values diversity in all its dealings. It welcomes applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates irrespective of age, disability, sex, race, religion or sexual orientation.

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. It currently has 111 member National Federations representing all five Continents that compete in Olympic style boxing.

World Boxing approves five new membership applications from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Indonesia, Romania and Trinidad & Tobago

The Executive Board of World Boxing has approved five more applications from boxing National Federations to increase its membership to 111 countries.

The five new members are the Bosnia and Herzegovina Boxing Federation, the National Boxing Federation of Georgia, the Indonesia Boxing Federation, the Romania Boxing Federation and the Trinidad & Tobago Boxing Association.

All of the new 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, the existence and operation of WADA-recognised anti-doping polices and processes, evidence of independent, structured, dispute resolution and appeals processes, formal recognition by either their National Olympic Committee (NOC) or Ministry for Sport and a solid national and international boxing programme.

The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “We are delighted to welcome five new National Federations to our growing membership. This is further evidence of the momentum behind World Boxing as we approach key milestones in the organisation’s journey.

“These nations are now eligible for the inaugural World Boxing Championships in September, followed by the World Boxing Cup Finals and our third Congress in November. These events will cap off a significant year for World Boxing after we received recognition as the International Federation of for Olympic boxing in March 2025.”

A full list of the 111 National Federations that are members of World Boxing can be viewed HERE.

Under World Boxing’s Statutes, the approval of the Executive Board means the five new National Federations have been endorsed for membership.  Final approval of membership status can only be conferred by Congress, which is the ultimate authority of World Boxing, and will be voted on at its next Congress which is scheduled to take place in New Delhi in November 2025.

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.

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

Brazil tops medal table at Grand Prix Ústí nad Labem – World Boxing Challenge

Medals have been distributed after four days of boxing action at the Winter Stadium in Ústí nad Labem, Czechia, with 184 entered boxers whittled down to 19 gold medallists.

Brazil saw the most success, winning six gold medals along with one silver and three bronze, leading the overall table with ten medals.

USA were second best with nine total medals, followed by Japan with eight, while Italy and Canada made up the top five with five medals each. Every National Federation in attendance left with something, with every nation earning at least one bronze medal.

The full list of gold and silver medal winners is below:

Weight ClassGoldSilver
W48kgSHINOHARA Hiraku JPNDURIKOVA Nicole SVK
W51kgKAIVO-OJA Pihla FINNISHINAKA Yuna JPN
W54kgPEREZ Yoseline USADAVIDSON Charley ENG
W57kgMENDOZA Alyssa USAERDENEDALAI Michidmaa MNG
W60kgSANTOS Rebeca BRAAL AHMADIEIT Marif CAN
W65kgDERIEW Oshin Tahnee BELHAMORI Luca HUN
W70kgdos SANTOS Barbara BRAROSENDO Marie-Angelis USA
W75kgPEREIRA Viviane BRAGEMINY Melissa ITA
W80kgORTIZ Citlalli Vanessa MEXPENNEY Victoria CAN
50kgMAKINO Soushi JPNALDARKHISHIG Battulga MNG
55kgYAMAGUCHI Rui JPNTRINDADE Michael Douglas BRA
60kgOLIVEIRA Luiz Gabriel BRAKITAMOTO Shunsuke JPN
65kgERDENETSOGT Bat-Ulzii MGLNISHIYAMA Shion JPN
70kgREIS Kaian BRAMAKIN Callum ENG
75kgOFORI Joshua CANGUIDI Rontani ITA
80kgAKHILOV Pylyp HUNDENIS Nickenson CAN
85kgBEDIRHAN Kalkan TURDEROUICHE Michael AUT
90kgFILHO Isaias BRAGEORGES Malachi USA
+90kgLENZI Diego ITAWATTS Kelvin USA

The Grand Prix Ústí nad Labem has been hosted by the Czech Boxing Association for more than half a century and was given World Boxing Challenge status for the second year in a row.

Following the conclusion of the action in Czechia, focus now shifts to the World Boxing Cup—Astana, Kazakhstan 2025, taking place from 30 June – 6 July 2025. The event will take place in the Beeline Arena and is the final major World Boxing competition before the inaugural World Championships in Liverpool, this September.

To catch up on the livestreams, visit: https://www.youtube.com/@BoxCBA

To view the full results, visit: https://czechboxing.cz/grand-prix-usti-nad-labem

World Boxing becomes Associate Member of ASOIF

World Boxing has been admitted as an Associate Member of The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) following its recent recognition as the International Federation for Olympic Boxing.

The decision was taken at the 49th ASOIF General Assembly, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 11 June 2025. It follows the IOC’s approval of the inclusion of boxing on the LA28 Olympic programme earlier this year.

World Boxing President, Boris van der Vorst, said: “It is an honour for World Boxing to be admitted into ASOIF.  World Boxing was established to ensure that boxing continues to have an Olympic future and we are committed to being a supportive partner and working with our colleagues at ASOIF to uphold the highest standards of governance.

“This decision further cements the role of boxing within the Olympic Movement and means that every boxer in every gym around the world can continue to have the dream of one day competing on the biggest stage in sport at the Olympic Games.”

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.

Grand Prix Ústí nad Labem – World Boxing Challenge begins tomorrow

The Grand Prix Ústí nad Labem has been hosted by the Czech Boxing Association for more than half a century and has been given World Boxing Challenge status for the second year running.

184 boxers from 23 National Federations are ready to battle it out in the competition that runs from 11 – 14 June at the Winter Stadium in Ústí nad Labem, Czechia, with the official draw taking place at 21:00 CEST today (10 June). Preliminary action gets underway from 12:00 CEST tomorrow (11 June).

With the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool just a few months away, this event offers boxers and coaches a chance to make final preparations, given it features the same ten men’s and ten women’s categories.

The following nations have registered athletes for the event: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czechia, England, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, Moldova, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Switzerland, USA and Wales.

Marek Simak, President of the Czech Boxing Association, said: “This year it will be a special moment also for the Czech Boxing Association as we will celebrate 100 years anniversary. Last year’s edition of this top boxing tournament was held for the first time in cooperation with World Boxing as the World Boxing Challenge.

“We are proud that the Grand Prix has been awarded World Boxing Challenge recognition again.”

Following the conclusion of the World Boxing Challenge, attention will turn to the World Boxing Cup—Astana, Kazakhstan 2025, taking place from 30 June – 6 July 2025. The competition will take place in Beeline Arena and is the final major World Boxing competition before the World Championships in Liverpool.

To follow the action live, visit: https://www.youtube.com/@BoxCBA

To view results, photos and general information, visit: https://czechboxing.cz/grand-prix-usti-nad-labem