More than 130 boxers from 19 countries set to compete at World Boxing Cup

Officially known as the “World Boxing Cup: Brazil 2025 – Foz do Iguaçu”. It is the first World Boxing Cup event to be held in South America and will take place at the Rafain Palace Hotel & Convention which has previously hosted major events in a wide range of sports, including Brazil’s national boxing championships.

The competition will feature male and females boxers from across the world and National Federations that have confirmed they will be sending teams to take part in the competition include: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chinese Taipei, France, England, Germany, Guatemala, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Norway, Panama, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, USA, Uzbekistan and Wales.

The line-up will feature a number of Paris 2024 Olympians including Australia’s Yusuf Chothia, Shannan Davey and Tina Rahimi.

The host nation’s Olympic talent includes Abner Teixeira, Michael Trindade and Luiz Oliveira, who was the champion at last year’s World Boxing Cup Finals event in Sheffield, England, where Brazil finished top of the medal table with four golds.

The competition in Foz do Iguaçu is the first World Boxing Cup of 2025 and follows a successful debut season in 2024 which saw events England, USA and Mongolia with the season finals returning to England.

The World Boxing Cup is a competition format developed by World Boxing whereby elite male and female boxers accrue ranking points over several stages of competition during the calendar year.

It is designed to bring greater structure and meaning to the competition calendar in Olympic-style boxing and culminates in a final event where the stage winners and other top-ranked boxers compete for the World Boxing Cup trophy.

For this year’s series the number of weight classes has been extended to ten each for men and women to reflect World Boxing’s updated competition rules.

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