Wahner, Fontijn, Panghal and Oumiha could be the stars of the upcoming Cologne Boxing World Cup

The Cologne Boxing World Cup has been re-scheduled two-times this year and will be held finally as one of the last competitions of the difficult year. Several stars as Germany’s Ornella Wahner, India’s Amit Panghal, Netherlands’ Nouchka Fontijn and France’s Sofiane Oumiha registered to attend in the Cologne Boxing World Cup.

The German event was previously known as Chemistry Cup and Halle hosted in the recent decades since 1970 as one of the strongest European elite international tournaments. It was moved to Cologne this time but several of the top countries will be attending in the re-branded competition.

The 2019 edition of the Cologne Boxing World Cup saw seven women and ten men finals in Germany one and half year ago. The German Boxing Federation’s great show delivered sensational fights in the last competition day in 2019 when France’s Sofiane Oumiha remained unbeaten following his world class final against Thailand’s Wuttichai Masuk. Germany’s Abu-Lubdeh Abdulrahman exceeded all of the expectations with his gold medal at the light heavyweight (81kg) in 2019.

The safety of all participants, the continuous medical checks, the social distancing, the hygienic preparations, wearing masks and all of the health controls are the responsibility of the local organizers in Germany to avoid any new Covid-19 cases during the Cologne Boxing World Cup.

Facts of the event

• Name: Cologne Boxing World Cup
• Date: December 16-20, 2020
• Venue: Cologne, Germany
• Gender: Women & Men
• Age Group: Elite
• Date of Birth: 1980-2001 born boxers

Weight categories of the event:

• 51kg, 57kg, 60kg, 69kg and 75kg for the elite women boxers
• 52kg, 57kg, 63kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg for the elite men boxers

Schedule of the event

• December 16 – Arrival of the delegations
• December 17 – Official Draw
• December 17 – Day1 competition
• December 18 – Day2 competition
• December 19 – Day3 competition with the finals
• December 10 – Departure of the delegations

Participating nations in the event

The following nations will be attending in the Cologne Boxing World Cup: Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland and Ukraine.

Boxers who need to be watched in the event:

• Ornella Wahner, Germany, women’s 57kg – AIBA Women’s World Champion
• Sakshi Choudhary, India, women’s 57kg – Two-time AIBA Women’s Youth World Champion
• Sonia Lather Singh, India, women’s 57kg – Silver medallist at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships
• Simranjit Kaur Baath, India, women’s 60kg – AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist
• Nadine Apetz, Germany, women’s 69kg – Two-time AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist
• Nouchka Fontijn, Netherlands, women’s 75kg – Silver medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games; European Games winner; EUBC European Women’s Champion
• Anastasia Chernokolenko, Ukraine, women’s 75kg – AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships bronze medallist
• Amit Panghal, India, men’s 52kg – Asian Games winner; ASBC Asian Champion; AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medallist; Tokyo Olympian
• Billal Bennama, France, men’s 52kg – AIBA World Boxing Championships bronze medallist; Tokyo Olympian
• Hamsat Shadalov, Germany, men’s 57kg – Tokyo Olympian
• Gaurav Solanki, India, men’s 57kg – Commonwealth Games winner
• Sofiane Oumiha, France, men’s 63kg – AIBA World Champion; Silver medallist in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
• Enrico La Cruz, Netherlands, men’s 63kg – Bronze medallist in the European Games
• Shiva Thapa, India, men’s 63kg – ASBC Asian Champion; AIBA World Boxing Championships bronze medallist
• Ashish Kumar, India, men’s 75kg – Silver medallist at the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships; Tokyo Olympian
• Wilfried Florentin, France, men’s 91kg – EUBC European Youth Champion
• Nelvie Tiafack, Germany, men’s +91kg – Bronze medallist in the European Games
• Mourad Aliev, France, men’s +91kg – Silver medallist in the European Games
• Marko Milun, Croatia, men’s +91kg – Bronze medallist in the European Games