Astana to Host 2027 World Boxing Championships, Olympic Qualifiers

Astana will host the World Boxing Championships next year, with Olympic qualification places at stake, reports 24KZ. The decision has been approved by the International Olympic Committee and World Boxing.

The tournament will mark the beginning of the qualification process for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, with the first direct Olympic quotas to be awarded. The championships are scheduled for April 2027. For the first time, the men’s and women’s World Boxing Championships will be held as a single combined tournament, with medals and Olympic qualification places contested simultaneously across 14 weight categories.

Aslan Igubayev, Kazakhstan’s National Boxing Coach:

- Of course, we have high hopes for our leading athletes, including the Oralabay brothers, as well as the Sabyrkhan brothers, Torekhan and Makhmud. They are among our top boxers. We are also counting on young athletes who are already showing promising results. We hope and believe they will continue to develop over the next six months.