Sixteen men and women from the GB Boxing squad have been selected to compete at the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield from 27th-30th November 2024.
More than 140 boxers from 20 countries are set to compete in the tournament which is the culmination of the inaugural World Boxing Cup series for 2024 and follows events earlier this year in Sheffield (January), Colorado (April) and Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia (September).
Boxing will take place across seven men’s and six women’s weight categories.
Tickets for the World Boxing Cup Finals 2024 are on sale now at seetickets.com.
Prices start at £12 per session for the first three days of action when there will be one ring and two sessions of boxing starting at 11:00 (12:00 on day three) and 17:00. Tickets for Saturday’s finals session are £15. All tickets will be subject to a booking fee and discounts are available for groups of ten. Some tickets will be available for sale on the door, priced at £15 per session for the first three days and £20 on finals day.
The group of boxers selected by GB Boxing is comprised of nine men and seven women from England and Wales. It will be one of the boxers’ first outings since Paris 2024 and an opportunity to show that they have what it takes to be a contender for the next Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
GB Boxing’s Performance Director, Rob McCracken explained: “We have just under four years until LA 2028, so this is effectively the start of a new cycle, and all of the boxers have an opportunity to impress and make a being considered the number one at their weight class.
“We are competing at home, which is great for the boxers, and we know the World Boxing Cup will be a really high standard, so this a great chance for the boxers to show that they can hold their own at international level, lay down an early marker and show me and the coaches that they have all the attributes to be a potential Olympian in four years’ time.”
The men’s selection includes heavyweight (92kg), Isaac Okoh, who was one of three male boxers that travelled with the boxing team to Paris 2024, where he was a sparring partner for Pat Brown and Delicious Orie.
Okoh said: “Being in Paris was brilliant for me and a great experience. Before I went, I probably didn’t realise the scale of the Olympics, so when I got there it hit me that this is my dream and what I aspire to do.
“We are at the start of a new cycle now and this competition gives me the opportunity to show why I should be number one at my weight and the first choice to be considered for future qualification events looking ahead to LA 2028.
“I haven’t boxed in England for a while now, so it’ll be good to get everyone behind me with my friends and family in the crowd. I am looking forward to it.”
Elsewhere, the selection has a strong Merseyside contingent with three Liverpudlians, Olivia Holmes (57kg), Odel Kamara (71kg) and Callum Makin (71kg) set to compete.
Holmes commented: “I am really looking forward to competing on home soil. I’m so used to travelling around the world to box, so it’ll be nice to enjoy that kind of experience and be even more special having friends and family come and watch.”
Kamara added: “I’ll have my scouse army behind me to make it noisy and loud. Them being there will make me fight that little bit harder and provide that extra motivation to go out there and get the gold medal.”
The World Boxing Cup is a new international boxing format developed by World Boxing, the international federation which has been established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement. The Finals event in Sheffield will be delivered by England Boxing in association with World Boxing and GB Boxing and is supported by the National Lottery and Sheffield City Council.
The sixteen selected boxers will represent England and Wales at the World Boxing Cup finals. The full team is:
| Boxer | Weight Class | Country | Hometown / Club | |
| Kelsey Oakley | 50kg – Light-flyweight (F) | England | Dudley / Priory Park ABC | |
| Scott Richards | 51kg – Flyweight (M) | Wales | Pontypridd / Pontypridd ABC | |
| Ellis Trowbridge | 51kg – Flyweight (M) | England | London / Surbiton ABC | |
| Zoe Andrews | 54kg – Bantamweight (F) | Wales | Neath Port Talbot / Briton Ferry ABC | |
| Ivy-Jane Smith | 54kg – Bantamweight (F) | England | Southampton / Steel City ABC | |
| Olivia Holmes | 57kg – Featherweight (F) | England | Liverpool / Rotunda ABC | |
| Kiaran MacDonald* | 57kg – Featherweight (M) | England | Sunderland / Sunderland ABC | |
| Sameenah Toussaint* | 57kg – Featherweight (F) | England | Watford / Yeading Boxing Club | |
| Cameron McKay | 63.5kg – Light-welterweight (M) | England | London / White Hart Lane Boxing Club | |
| Patris Mughalzai* | 63.5kg – Light-welterweight (M) | England | Hillingdon / Powerday Hooks ABC | |
| Kayla Allen | 66kg – Welterweight (F) | England | Essex / Leo’s Gym | |
| Dione Burman | 66kg – Welterweight (F) | England | Leicester / Braunstone Golden Gloves | |
| Odel Kamara | 71kg – Light-middleweight (M) | England | Liverpool / Salisbury ABC | |
| Callum Makin | 71kg – Light-middleweight (M) | England | Liverpool / Rotunda ABC | |
| Dimeji Shittu | 80kg – Light-heavyweight (M) | England | Romford / Five Star ABC | |
| Isaac Okoh | 92kg – Heavyweight (M) | England | Essex / Chadwell Saint Mary | |
* Participation is subject to overcoming injury.
All of the action from 27-30 November 2024, will be streamed live on the World Boxing YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@officialworldboxing.
The results of all the bouts involving boxers from Great Britain will be posted on GB Boxing’s social media channels and at www.gbboxing.org.uk.
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