South African Open Boxing news

06/07/2026

URGENT: OUR ATHLETES ARE BEING SIDELINED BY SYSTEMIC NEGLIGENCE
​Our Mpumalanga boxers are at risk of missing the SANABO Youth and Elite Championships, effectively ending their dreams of qualifying for the South African team to compete at the AUSC Region 5 Youth Games in Mozambique this December.
​We have exhausted all administrative avenues, but the Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation (DCSR) has failed our athletes through gross mismanagement and a lack of transparency.
​THE TIMELINE OF FAILURE:
• ​11 Nov 2025: MBO submitted our comprehensive concept document to the MSCF and Mr. Ngoma at the DCSR, ensuring adequate time for budget planning for 2026.
• ​25 May 2026: Nicole Fraser, on behalf of the MBO Transitional Committee, initiated formal communication with Keke Mofokeng of the DCSR to clarify submission procedures and re-submitted the team list via email.
• 4 June 2026: We formally submitted our initial team list of 33 delegates, requesting essential support for transport, accommodation, and meals.
• ​Late June 2026: After a month of silence, the DCSR claimed they were "out of budget," citing an unsubstantiated transport quote of R500,000—more than R18,000 per person.
• ​Negotiation Period: In good faith, we reduced our team from 33 to 22, and finally to 15, to meet their "budgetary constraints." The department still refuses to disclose their actual budget, despite reports of a R300 million provincial allocation for Sports, Arts, and Culture.
• ​Current Status (6 July 2026): Mr. Ngoma is now refusing to take our calls. With no confirmed arrangements from the DCSR, our team faces the immediate loss of their competitive future.
​The MBO Transitional Committee has been forced to allow team members to self-fund their travel to Cape Town just to keep their Olympic and international dreams alive. We have seen this "out of budget" narrative before, only to discover funds were under-utilized and clawed back by the Treasury in previous years.
​How are we supposed to produce medalists when our own department actively obstructs our path? Our athletes deserve better than this administrative sabotage. We are fighting this at the highest level.
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​Lance Gibson
MBO Transitional Member
0786330999

31/12/2025

The Youth Olympics Qualifier, the World Boxing U19 Futures Cup will take place in Bangkok on March 6-16

The lone qualification event for the Youth Olympic Games, the World Boxing’s U19 Futures Cup will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on March 6-16.
The female boxers will be able to compete in 10 categories as 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and +80kg. Among them the women’s 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg and 60kg are the official Youth Olympic categories.
The male boxers will be participating in the event also in 10 weight classes as 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg, 90kg and +90kg. The official Youth Olympics categories among the men boxers are the 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg, and 70kg.
Boxers from the 2008 and 2009 age groups are eligible to participate in the event but the eligibility for the Youth Olympic Games is for athletes who were born between November 14, 2008 to December 31, 2009.
The Bangkok Interplace Hotel will serve as the venue of the Boxing Entries Check, the Technical Meeting and the Official Draw.
The competition venue is the Huamark Indoor Stadium which saw several top boxing events in the recent decades.

The schedule of the World Boxing U19 Futures Cup
March 6 – Arrivals of the delegations
March 6, 10:00-17:00 – Boxing Entries Check
March 7, 09:00-12:00 – Boxing Entries Check
March 7, 16:00 – Technical Meeting
March 7, 16:30 – Official Draw
March 8, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day1 competition
March 9, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day2 competition
March 10, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day3 competition
March 11, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day4 competition
March 12, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day5 competition
March 13, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day6 competition
March 14, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day7 competition with the semi-finals
March 15, 13:00 – Day8 competition with the finals
March 16 – Departure of the delegations

The LOC of the World Boxing U19 Futures Cup
Thailand Boxing Association
Phone: +66 2 1867542
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: www.thailandboxing.or.th

24/12/2025

The President of World Boxing Gennadiy Golovkin would like to wish a very happy festive period to all of World Boxing’s members and all of the global boxing community 🥊

02/12/2025

Well done Connor Int’Veldt

🥊🇿🇦 is proud to announce that:

09/11/2025

Case for regulation of white collar boxing.

Together with Boxing Scotland, Welsh Boxing, and BBBofC, we have all collaborated with Sheffield Hallam University to conduct research that looks into the practices and risks associated with White Collar Boxing.

Click to read the full report 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/4y3u7sw7

31/10/2025

Great news.

Another huge milestone for WORLD BOXING! A major step forward for our organisation was achieved today in Lausanne, as World Boxing was formally accepted as a member of the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations.

Becoming a full member of ARISF — the global body uniting all International Federations recognised by the IOC — marks another crucial landmark on World Boxing’s path toward full IOC recognition. After all the hard work that has been done during my presidency, I have no doubt that World Boxing will soon reach this historic goal.

My sincere thanks to ARISF President Dr. Raffaele Chiulli for the warm welcome in Lausanne and for his continuous support of the Olympic Movement. Boxing is finally making its comeback to the family of International Sports Federations!

14/10/2025

The first day of the SANABO national cadet and junior championships, taking place from 7 - 11 October 2025, saw Team Mpumalanga in attendance.

15/09/2025

Team Mpumalanga coaches and management at SANABO 2025 Youth and Elite Transnet Engineering Boxing Academy