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The Executive Director of the Boxing Federation of India passed away in his home country on Tuesday.

As tighter travel restrictions are being implemented across the region, the IOC Boxing Task Force (BTF) has decided to restructure the Tokyo 2020 qualification pathway for the Americas region.

As tighter travel restrictions are being implemented across the region, the IOC Boxing Task Force (BTF) has decided to restructure the Tokyo 2020 qualification pathway for the Americas region.

The French capital will host the continental qualifier from 4 to 8 June 2021

The BTF has decided to restructure the remaining parts of the boxing qualification pathway for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

The European Qualifier for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Boxing tournament will no longer be taking place in London in April. Further updates to be published on 17 February 2021.

When it resumes, the European qualifier will pick up from where it was suspended. The official draw, conducted in London on 13 March 2020, and the competition schedule that resulted from this draw, will remain valid and will apply when the event resumes.

The IOC Boxing Task Force has decided to suspend the current Boxing Road to Tokyo European qualifier in London and the subsequent Americas and final world qualifiers

From Monday 16 March 2020 the European qualifier in London will take place behind closed doors.

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak and recent measures taken by the Argentinian government, the event has been suspended

The African Boxing Road to Tokyo came to an end on the ninth day of the qualification event in the Senegalese capital of Dakar. At its conclusion, 14 nations had shared 33 quota places for this summer’s Games in Tokyo; 22 men across eight weight categories and 11 women across five categories.

The first Boxing Road to Rio qualification event came to an end in Dakar, Senegal, yesterday. A total of 198 athletes from 38 countries participated in the African continental qualifier

We’re approaching the final phases of this first Boxing Olympic Qualifier, as all of today’s action took place in one ring and in a single afternoon session.

It was the biggest day so far at the Dakar Arena for the African Olympic Qualifiers, as 26 athletes won their quota places to compete in the Japanese capital this summer at the Games of the 32nd Olympiad.

It was an intense and packed day at the Dakar Arena, with 80 athletes competing for semi-final spots – all with the goal of securing those dream quota places for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

The women’s quarter-finals kicked off today at the 15,000-seater Dakar Arena. Every bout from here on in is bound to be highly contested, as the Olympic places get closer.

The fourth day of the African Boxing Olympic Qualifiers was the busiest so far, with 26 nations represented across five weight categories, in 31 scheduled bouts.

It was an exciting and busy day at the Dakar Arena where male boxers from 22 nations faced each other in a total of 21 bouts across afternoon and evening sessions.

The Boxing Road to Tokyo African Qualifier, currently being held in Dakar, Senegal, continued today with the Preliminaries for Women’s Featherweight (54 – 57kg) and Men’s Lightweight (57 – 63kg).

African Boxing Road to Tokyo first bouts took place in Dakar Arena, Dakar, Senegal. Women’s boxing went first with the Welterweight preliminaries.