Boxing

During FISU’s inspection visit to Elista, Russia for the upcoming World University Boxing Championships, local organisers showed FISU representatives significant progress to hosting a world-class event Action from the 2016 FISU World University Boxing Championships that took place in Chiang Mai, Thailand  ELISTA – With the FISU World University Boxing Championship series making its way […]

    CHIANG MAI – The 7th World University Boxing Championship in Thailand came to an end on Saturday 8 October. The event which started on 3 October had attracted 100 boxers – 20 women and 80 men – from 19 countries, mainly from Europe (13) and Asia (6). The boxers from Russia lead the […]

    CHIANG MAI – The heat was on the semi-finals and finals of the 7th World University Boxing Championship 2016. The first highlight of the fifth day was women’s lightweight bout (57-60 kg) between Ratchadaporn Saotao from Thailand in the red corner and Natalia Shadrina from Russia in the blue corner. They heated up […]

CHIANG MAI – The first highlight out of the total 18 matches on Day 4 of the WUC was the women’s light bout (57-60 kg) between Ratchadaporn Saotao from Thailand in the red corner and Nazym Ichshanova from Kazakhstan in the blue corner. Both women fiercely began the fight with quick jabs and crosses trading. […]

    CHIANG MAI – One of yesterday’s highlights was the women’s flyweight bout (51 kg) between Jutamas Raksataya from Thailand and Angelika Gronska from Poland. In the first round, Gronska landed more punches than the Thai boxer. In the two subsequent rounds, they equally traded punches, but Thailand edged out Poland by 2-1. Jutamas […]

    CHIANG MAI – There were 18 fights taking place on the second day of the 7th World University Boxing Championship in Chiang Mai, Thailand. One of the highlights from the championship was the women’s middleweight bout (69-75 kg) between Christiana Desmond from Ireland and Zura Kussainova from Russia. The Irish fighter took victory […]

CHIANG MAI – The 7th World University Boxing Championship 2016 holding in Chiang Mai kicked off on October 3, 2016 with 10 fights. One of the highlights from the championship is a male middleweight match (75 kgs) between Conor Wallace, fighter from Ireland and Valerii Kharlamov fighter from Ukraine. In the first round, Wallace, having […]