Boxing

Close contests on the final day     ELISTA — The final fights of the 8th edition of the World University Boxing Championship lit up the packed Oirat-Arena sports complex. On the agenda for the day were fights in ten weight categories among the men and three weight categories among women.    At the end of […]

19-year-old Armenian also stars on Day 4  ELISTA — It was the women that got proceedings underway on the fourth day of the FISU World University Boxing Championship, contesting four of the fourteen semifinals slated for the day. It turned out to be a real treat for the spectators in Elista, who have been turning […]

 ELISTA — Going into Day 3 of the World University Boxing Championship, the keen interest of the Elista locals did not wane. The Oirat-Arena sports complex was packed to capacity yet again as nineteen bouts took place, across six weight classes.    As in the previous days, the stands actively supported the Russian boxers, although […]

ELISTA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION — The sweet science of boxing is underway at the World University Championships, taking place in the extreme southeast corner of this country.   In a sport full of fighters just as forward-thinking and tactical as they are tough, here are the 13 competition draws — 10 men’s and 3 women’s —that […]

Preliminary rounds continue, with Chinese Taipei emerging strong ELISTA — The Oirat-Arena sports complex in Elista, Russia was packed to the brim over the weekend, as the World University Boxing Championship got underway. With the world’s best student boxers representing 22 countries in the ring, it promises to be an intense week of competition running […]

The eighth edition of the World University Boxing Championship takes place in Elista, Russia from 1-6 September as local organising team is ready to put on a world-class event ELISTA, RUSSIA – With the FISU World University Boxing Championship series on the eve of its start way in the Russian republic of Kalmykia, 13 sets of […]