Boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games

Boxing
at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
Boxing pictogram
VenueSEC Centre
Dates24 July – 1 August 2026
Competitors201 from 43 nations

Boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games was the 23rd appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The boxing competition at the 2026 Commonwealth Games was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the SEC Centre. It is one of the founding sports, having featured in every edition of the Games since the inaugural 1930 edition; the boxing competition took place within Scotland for the fourth time, with 14 medal events. Two fewer than four years earlier. However, the number of categories for men and women was equalized to seven for each gender.[1]

The competition took place between 24 July and 1 August 2026, spread across fourteen events.[1] India topped the medal table with 10 including a record seven golds.[2][3] England also won 10 medals which was the country's highest tally since 1986.[4][5] Australia won its first Commonwealth Games gold medal since 2018 when Jye Dixon claimed the men's 55 kg,[6] followed later the same day by Emma-Sue Greentree taking the women's 75 kg gold.[7] The only other nation to win a gold medal was Northern Ireland through Jon McConnell in the men's 70 kg.[8] Tarona Taafaki made history by winning the first Commonwealth Games medal in any sport for Tuvalu by taking a bronze in the women's 75 kg despite losing her only bout having been given a bye into the semi-finals.[9][10] Following the conclusion of the Games it was reported that four members of the Ugandan squad and one boxer from Pakistan had failed to return home and were being sought by Police Scotland.[11][12]

Schedule

Preliminary bouts (round of 32 and round of 16 matches) commenced on Friday 24 July, continuing until Monday 27 July. Quarter-finals was held over Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 July, semi-finals on Friday 31 and the gold medal bouts on Saturday 1 August.

The competition schedule was as follows:[13]

PPreliminary matches ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals FFinal
Date
Event
Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27 Tue 28Wed 29 Fri 31 Sat 1
Session →MEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
Men's 55 kgP P ¼ ½ F
Men's 60 kg P P ¼ ½ F
Men's 65 kg P P ¼ ½ F
Men's 70 kg P P ¼ ½ F
Men's 80 kg P P ¼ ½ F
Men's 90 kg P ¼ ½ F
Men's +90 kg ¼ ½ F
Women's 51 kg P ¼ ½ F
Women's 54 kg P P ¼ ½ F
Women's 57 kg P ¼ ½ F
Women's 60 kg P ¼ ½ F
Women's 65 kg ¼ ½ F
Women's 70 kg ¼ ½ F
Women's 75 kg ¼ ½ F

Venue

The boxing competition was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow.[14]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankCGAGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India73010
2 England43310
3 Australia2136
4 Northern Ireland1236
5 Canada0224
 Wales0224
7 Namibia0123
8 Scotland*0033
9 Lesotho0022
 Zambia0022
11 Fiji0011
 Ghana0011
 Mauritius0011
 Pakistan0011
 Trinidad and Tobago0011
 Tuvalu0011
Totals (16 entries)14142856

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
Jye Dixon
 Australia
Jadumani Singh
 India
Amadu Mohammed
 Ghana
Philip Haoseb
 Namibia
60 kg
Sachin Siwach
 India
Tryagain Ndevelo
 Namibia
Owain Harris-Allan
 Wales
Jude Gallagher
 Northern Ireland
65 kg
Patris Mughalzai
 England
Jacob Cassar
 Australia
Pooana Khoahli
 Lesotho
Emmanuel Katema
 Zambia
70 kg
Jon McConnell
 Northern Ireland
Orlando Holley-Sotomi
 Wales
Merven Clair
 Mauritius
Sonny Kerr
 Scotland
80 kg
Ankush Panghal
 India
Dimeji Shittu
 England
Joshua Ofori
 Canada
Paul Trainor
 Australia
90 kg
Isaac Okoh
 England
Connor Williams
 Wales
Garyn McAllister
 Northern Ireland
Robert McNulty
 Scotland
+90 kg
Damar Thomas
 England
Narender Berwal
 India
Willie John McCartan
 Northern Ireland
Nigel Paul
 Trinidad and Tobago

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
51 kg
Sakshi Chaudhary
 India
Ruby White
 England
Amber-Jane Wall
 Canada
Mischa Aeres
 Namibia
54 kg
Preeti Pawar
 India
Scarlett Delgado
 Canada
Lauren Mackie
 England
Catherine Mwape
 Zambia
57 kg
Jaismine Lamboria
 India
Michaela Walsh
 Northern Ireland
Jasmine Daunakamakama
 Fiji
Rapelang Maselele
 Lesotho
60 kg
Priya Ghanghas
 India
Marie Al-Ahmadieh
 Canada
Fatima Zahra
 Pakistan
Lucy Kings-Wheatley
 England
65 kg
Sacha Hickey
 England
Kaci Rock
 Northern Ireland
Caitlin Rainey
 Scotland
Eve Bryson
 Australia
70 kg
Arundhati Choudhary
 India
Chantelle Reid
 England
Rosie Eccles
 Wales
Lekeisha Pergoliti
 Australia
75 kg
Emma-Sue Greentree
 Australia
Lovlina Borgohain
 India
Mary Kate Smith
 England
Tarona Taafaki
 Tuvalu

Participating nations

There were 43 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) in boxing with a total of 201 athletes (131 men and 70 women). The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[15]

Gabon, Guyana and Mozambique entered boxers who were withdrawn on the eve of the games due to not completing mandatory gender testing in time or had visa issues.[16][17][18] A boxer from Nauru was also disqualified.[19]

References

  1. 1 2 "201 boxers from 43 Nations set to face-off when boxing gets underway at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games". World Boxing. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "India's Golden Boxing Revolution Headlines Historic Commonwealth Games Run". openthemagazine.com. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "India win seven golds, the best-ever Boxing haul at a Commonwealth Games". glasgow2026.com. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2026: England celebrates best boxing total in 40 years". England Boxing. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "England win four boxing golds in Glasgow". BBC Sport. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Tears flow as Aussie underdog wins gold in men's 55kg boxing". Nine. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "How sister's Olympic medal inspired Greentree to gold". New South Wales Institute of Sport. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Jon McConnell claims Northern Ireland's only boxing gold medal at Commonwealth Games as Kaci Rock settles for silver". Belfast Telegraph. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Boxer secures Tuvalu's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a bout". The Guardian. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Tarona Taafaki: Boxer lands Tuvalu's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight". Sky News. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Athletes go 'missing' after Commonwealth Games ends". BBC News. 4 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Four members of Ugandan boxing team go missing after Commonwealth Games". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Boxing | Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). glasgow2026.com. Glasgow Organizing Committee for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Venues for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games". Glasgow 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "Boxing Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.glasgow2026.com. Glasgow Organizing Committee for the 2026 Commonwealth Games. 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Jeux du Commonwealth 2026 : La nageuse Noélie Annette Lacour lance la campagne du Gabon" [2026 Commonwealth Games: Swimmer Noélie Annette Lacour launches Gabon's campaign]. Gabon All Sport (in French). Libreville, Gabon. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  17. ↑ "Guyana boxers ruled out of Commonwealth Games after delayed gender test results". Kaieteur News. Georgetown, Guyana. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Boxe fora dos Jogos da Commonwealth" [Boxing out of the Commonwealth Games]. Jornal Desafio (in Portuguese). Maputo, Mozambique. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Statement Regarding Athlete Christon Amram". Facebook. Yaren, Naoero: Nauru National Olympic Committee. 24 July 2026. Retrieved 25 July 2026.