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The Portimao Box Cup opened with its first session in five rings at the Arena Portimao where the junior, youth and elite began their campaigns. Spain’s Jose Pantoja is a well-known name in the international stage, his elder brother is a European Youth medallist. The younger Pantoja dominated the exchanges against Fallou Niong and he […]

Kosovo’s Labinot Xhoxhaj (21-0-1, 16 KOs) has defended his EBU European heavyweight title. Xhoxhaj defeated on Saturday night in Hamburg the undefeated Mourad Aliev (13-1) via unanimous decision. All three judges saw Xhoxhaj as winner (115:113, 114:113, 115:112). For Xhoxhaj it was the first title defense. He won the EBU title on November last year […]

Ireland’s Rathi Abuladze won his youth final by knockout in the Portimao Box Cup today afternoon in Portugal’s top event. Following Joao Negrita’s heroic success at the schoolboys 38kg weight class, two Irish boxers as Conor Dowds and Hughie Lee Nevin captured the show in the final of the junior light middleweight (70kg). Dowds competed […]

Several schoolboys and junior talents shined in the final day at the Portimao Box Cup in Portugal today and among them Brule, Bequet, Sanchez and Snodden were the best gold medallists. Portugal’s Alexy Brule enjoyed the support of the local crowd and the Portimao-based boxer won the schoolboys’ 38kg weight class against George Petherick today. […]

The outstanding Eindhoven Box Cup delivered excellent battles in the quarter-final stage of the competition and the winners are now guaranteed medallists. Mongolia’s Enkhjargal Munguntsetseg was bronze medallist at the 2023 Women’s World Boxing Championships and she was an Olympian boxer also in Paris. The Mongolian had a difficult first round against Hungary’s 20-year-old Laura […]