The next edition of the IBA Women’s Elite World Boxing Championships will be held in Nis, Serbia on March 8-17.
The registrations for the upcoming championships are open for the National Federations until February 20.
The women’s boxers will be able to participate in all of the 12 official weight categories from the minimum weight (48kg) up to the heavyweight (+81kg) in Nis.
Serbia hosted the 2021 edition of the IBA Men’s Elite World Boxing Championships in Belgrade with great successes.
The president of the Serbian Boxing Federation, Nenad Borovcanin is expecting the participation of 500 female boxers from 100 nations at the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Nis.
Twenty-six Asian boxers earned at least a medal in the last 2023 edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships and among them 13 remained their chance alive to win the competition in New Delhi. The Asians bagged eight gold medals in the two final competition days earning two-thirds of all titles in India.
Out of the participating 324 boxers, 121 were Asians at the 2023 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi.
India, Afghanistan, China, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam were the 19 participating Asian nations in the last edition of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.
How many Asian countries from the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) are represented in this year’s tournament will be closely watched amid moves led by Thailand and India to set up a rival continental body – Asian Boxing – with the support of the Western powers-led World Boxing.
