Boxing Kicks Off at Paris 2024 with 18 Bouts on Day 1

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The preliminary rounds are being held at the North Paris Arena (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

The boxing tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games began on July 27, a day after the spectacular opening ceremony.

The first bout was the Women’s 54 kg prelims round between Huang Hsiao Wen of Chinese Taipei and Bojana Gojkovic of Monetenegro, which was won by Huang.

This will be followed by another six days of preliminary rounds at the North Paris Arena. The first medal fight will be held on August 3. The final phases of the tournament, including all gold medal matches, will take place at the Roland Garros Stadium from August 6-10.

In total, 249 boxers – 125 male and 124 female – are competing in the Paris 2024 boxing tournament in 13 different weight categories (7 men’s and 6 women’s). 

Here are the results from Day 1:

Women’s 54 kg prelims

Huang Hsiao Wen (Chinese Taipei) > Bojana Gojkovic (Monetenegro)

Jutamas Jitpong (Thailand) > Sara Cirkovic (Serbia)

Nigina Uktamova (Uzbekistan) > Yomna Ayyad (Egypt) by walkover

Hatice Akbas (Turkey) >  Charley Davison (Great Britain) 

Enkhjargal Munguntsetseg (Mongolia) >  Sirine Charaabi (Italy)

Preeti (India) > Thi Kim Anh Vo (Vietnam)

Women’s 60 kg prelims

Thi Linh Ha (Vietnam) > Feofaaki Epenisa (Tonga)

Maria Jose Palacios Espinoza (Ecuador) > Agnes Alexiusson (Sweden)

Wu Shih Yi (Chinese Taipei) > Oh Yeonji (South Korea)

Alessia Mesiano (Italy) > Gizem Ozer (Turkey)

Donjeta Sadiku (Kosovo) > Thananya Somnuek (Thailand)

Jajaira Gonzalez (USA) > Estelle Mossely (France)

Men’s 63.5 kg prelims

Radoslav Simeonov Rosenov (Bulharia) > Bakhodur Usmonov (Tajikistan)

Obada Alkasbeh (Jordan) > Dean Clancy (Ireland)

Erislandy Alvarez Borges (Cuba) > John Ume (Papua New Guinea)

Bazarbay Uulu Mukhammedsabyr (Kazakhstan) > Oier Ibarreche Conde (Spain)

Men’s 80 kg prelims

Cristian Javier Pinales (Dominican Republic) > Weerapon Jongjoho (Thailand)

Kaan Aykutsun (Turkey) > Salvatore Cavalloro (Italy)

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