World Boxing has published an updated calendar for 2026, which includes the international competitions that will be delivered by World Boxing, three continental confederation championships and a series of multi-sport events that will take place under its rules and where World Boxing is the recognised International Federation for the sport.
The updated calendar features competitions for elite and U19 male and female boxers and can be viewed on the World Boxing website HERE.
World Boxing Competitions
The centrepiece of the 2026 calendar for elite men and women is the continuation of the World Boxing Cup series, which will consist of three stages across the year.
Stage 1 of the World Boxing Cup 2026 will be held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil from 20–26 April, followed by Stage 2 in Guiyang City, China from 15–20 June. The series will culminate in the World Boxing Cup Finals, which will take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 25 November – 2 December 2026.
At U19* level, the competitive year will begin with the World Boxing Futures Cup in Bangkok, Thailand from 8 – 15 March 2026, which is an entry event for the Youth Olympic Games** that will be held in Dakar, Senegal, 31 October – 13 November 2026.
2026 will also see World Boxing host its second World Boxing U19 Championships which will take place in the final quarter of the year. A bidding process has been held for this event and an announcement will be made shortly on dates and a host city.
Continental Championships
Following the establishment of Continental Confederations in 2025, the next 12 months will see three of them host their inaugural championships.
The Asian Boxing Championships will take place in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, 28 March – 11 April 2026, followed by the European Boxing Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria from 15 – 26 September 2026. The Continental Confederation Championships will conclude with the PanAmerican Boxing Championships in Pueblo, Mexico, 10 – 17 October 2026.
Multi-sport Events
The 2026 calendar also includes several multi-sport events where World Boxing is the recognised International Federation for boxing and will be held under its rules. These include the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, 23 July – 2 August 2026 and the Asian Games in Japan (Aichi/Nagoya), 19 September – 4 October 2026, and the Youth 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 International Olympic Committee (IOC) in May 2024 and, on 25 February 2025, was granted provisional recognition by the IOC as the International Federation (IF) governing the sport of boxing at world level within the Olympic Movement.
Notes:
* U19 competitions are open to boxers born between 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2009
** The Youth Olympic Games is open to boxers born between 14 November 2008 – 31 December 2009