76 nations will be represented in the ring in Japan. After a year’s delay, the Olympic Games in Tokyo are finally set to begin as hundreds of boxers begin their quest to earn medals representing their countries in Japan.
And despite it being confirmed that no spectators will be at any event, including the Kokugikan Arena where the boxing will be held, each fighter aims to follow in the golden footsteps of the likes of Anthony Joshua, Katie Taylor and Vasyl Lomachenko.
While the number of weight classes for men has been reduced from ten to eight, there will now be five women’s events, an increase from three at Rio in 2016, and just the third time that females have stepped in the ring at the Games.
Unsurprisingly, the USA leads the way in the all-time medal count, with 50 golds from an overall 114 medals, with Cuba in second and Great Britain in third.
But just who is fighting in each weight category?
MEN
FLYWEIGHT (48 KG TO 52 KG)
Mohamed Flissi – ALGERIA
Patrick Chinyemba – ZAMBIA
Tetteh Sulemanu – GHANA
Jianguan Hu – CHINA
Thitisan Panmot – THAILAND
Amit Amit – INDIA
Shakhobidin Zoirov – UZBEKISTAN
Alex Winwood – AUSTRALIA
Saken Bibossinov – KAZAKHSTAN
Koryun Soghomonyan – ARMENIA
Billal Bennama – FRANCE
Sakhil Alakhverdovi – GEORGIA
Galal Yafai – GREAT BRITAIN
Brendan Irvine – IRELAND
Cosmin-Petre Girleanu – ROMANIA
Gabriel Escobar Mascunano – SPAIN
Batuhan Ciftci – TURKEY
Yosbany Veitia Soto – CUBA
Yuberjan Martinez Rivas – COLUMBIA
Rodrigo Marte De La Rosa – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Ramon Quiroga – ARGENTINA
Yankiel Rivera Figueroa – PUERTO RICO
Rajab Otukile Mahommed – BOTSWANA
Carlo Paalam – PHILIPPINES
Yoel Finol Rivas – VENEZUELA
Daniel Asenov – BULGARIA
Ryomei Tanaka – JAPAN
Daniel Varela de Pina – CAPE VERDE
FEATHERWEIGHT (52 KG TO 57 KG)
Samuel Takyi – GHANA
Nicholas Okongo Okoth – KENYA
Mohamed Hamout – MOROCCO
Everisto Mulenga – ZAMBIA
Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov – UZBEKISTAN
Mohammad Abdelaziz Mohammad Alwadi – JORDAN
Serik Temirzhanov – KAZAKHSTAN
Van Duong Nguyen – VIETNAM
Daniyal Shahbaksh – IRAN
Chatchai-Decha Butdee – THAILAND
Tayfur Aliyev – AZERBAIJAN
Samuel Kistohurry – FRANCE
Hamsat Shadalov – GERMANY
Peter McGrail – GREAT BRITAIN
Roland Galos – HUNGARY
Kurt Walker – IRELAND
Albert Batyrgaziev – RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Jose Quiles Brotons – SPAIN
Mykola Butsenko – UKRAINE
Lazaro Jorge Alvarez Estrada – CUBA
Alexy Miguel De La Cruz Baez – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Ceiber David Avila Segura – COLUMBIA
Mirco Jehiel Cuello – ARGENTINA
Jean Carlos Caicedo Pachito – ECUADOR
Tsendbaatar Erdenebat – MONGOLIA
Duke Ragan – USA
Keevin Allicook – GUYANA
LIGHTWEIGHT (57 KG TO 63 KG)
Jonas Junias Jonas – NAMIBIA
Louis Richamo Colin – MAURITIUS
Abdelhaq Nadir – MOROCCO
Elnur Abduraimov – UZBEKISTAN
Zakir Safiullin – KAZAKHSTAN
Chinzorig Baatarsukh – MONGOLIA
Obada Mohammed Mustafa Alkasbeh – JORDAN
Manish Kausik – INDIA
Bakhodur Usmanov – TAJIKISTAN
Sofiane Oumiha – FRANCE
Dzmitry Asanau – BELARUS
Luke McCormack – GREAT BRITAIN
Gabil Mamedov – RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Javid Chalabiyev – AZERBAIJAN
Damian Durkacz – POLAND
Enrico Lacruz – NETHERLANDS
Yaroslav Khartsyz – UKRAINE
Andy Cruz Gomez – CUBA
Leonel De Los Santos Nunez – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Wanderson De Oliveira – BRAZIL
Leodan Pezo Saboya – PERU
Alston Conrad Sylvester Ryan – ANTIGUA
Fiston Mbaya Mulumba – DR CONGO
Harrison Garside – AUSTRALIA
Keyshawn Davis – USA
Hovhannes Bachkov – ARMENIA
Wessam Salamana – REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM
Daisuke Narimatsu – JAPAN
John Ume – PAPUA NEW GUINEA
WELTERWEIGHT (63 KG TO 69 KG)
Albert Mengue Ayissi – CAMEROON
Stephen Zimba – ZAMBIA
Shadiri Bwogi – UGANDA
Zeyad Eashash – JORDAN
Krishan Vikas – INDIA
Ablaikhan Zhussopov – KAZAKHSTAN
Bobo-Usmon Baturov – UZBEKISTAN
Sewonrets Quincy Mensah Okozawa – JAPAN
Pat McCormack – GREAT BRITAIN
Andrei Zamkovoi – ROMANIA
Aidan Walsh – IRELAND
Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo – AZERBAIJAN
Eskerkhan Madiev – GEORGIA
Aliaksandr Radzionau – BELARUS
Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo – CUBA
Rohan Polanco Emiliano – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Delante Johnson – USA
Brian Arregui – ARGENTINA
Merven Clair – MAURITIUS
Marlon Ah Tong – SAMAO
Wyatt Sanford – CANADA
Necat Ekinci – TURKEY
Thabiso Dlamini – SWAZILAND
MIDDLEWEIGHT (69 KG TO 75 KG)
Younes Nemouchi – ALGERIA
David Tshama Mwenekabwe – DR CONGO
Dieudonne Wilfred Seyi Ntsengue – CAMEROON
Eumir Felix Marcial – PHILIPPINES
Abilkhan Amankul – KAZAKHSTAN
Tanglathian Tuoheta Erbieke – CHINA
Ashish Kumar – INDIA
Seyedshahin Mousavi – IRAN
Oleksandr Kyyzhniak – UKRAINE
Gleb Bakshi – ROMANIA
Arman Darchinyan – ARMENIA
Andrej Csemez – SLOVAKIA
VItal Bandarenka – BELARUS
Georgi Kharabadze – GEORGIA
Hebert Willian Carvalho da Conceicao Sousa – BRAZIL
Euri Cedeno Martinez – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Francisco Daniel Veron – ARGENTINA
Aaron Soloman Prince – TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Kavuma David Ssemujju – UGANDA
Fanat Kakhramonov – UZBEKISTAN
Troy Isley – USA
Adam Chartoi – SWEDEN
Eldric Sella Rodriguez – REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM
Yuito Moriwaki – JAPAN
Darrelle Valsaint Jr – HAITI
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (75 KG TO 81 KG)
Abdelrahman Salah Orabi Abdelgawwad – EGPYT
Mohammed Houmri – ALGERIA
Mohamed Assaghir – MOROCCO
Bekzad Nurdauletov – KAZAKHSTAN
Paulo Aokuso – AUSTRALIA
Daxiang Chen – CHINA
Odai Riyad Adel Alhindawi – JORDAN
Shabbos Negmatulloev – TAJIKISTAN
Loren Berto Alfonso Dominguez – AZERBAIJAN
Ben Whittaker – GREAT BRITAIN
Gazimagomed Schamilovich Jalidov Gafurova – SPAIN
Luka Plantic – CROATIA
Imam Khataev – ROMANIA
Emmet Brennan – IRELAND
Arien Lopez Cardona – CUBA
Keno Marley Machado – BRAZIL
Nalek Rachid Korbaj Barrera – VENEZUELA
Jorge Luis Vivas Palacios – COLUMBIA
Shakul Samed – GHANA
Dilshodbek Ruzmetov – UZBEKISTAN
Rogelio Romero Torres – MEXICO
Bayram Malkan – TURKEY
HEAVYWEIGHT (81KG TO 91 KG)
Youness Baalla – MOROCCO
Abdelhafid Benchabla – ALGERIA
Vassilliy Levit – KAZAKHSTAN
David Nyika – NEW ZEALAND
Hussein Iashaish – JORDAN
Sanjay Tursunov – UZBEKISTAN
Muslim Gadhimagomedov – ROMANIA
Enmanuel Reyes Pla – SPAIN
Ammar R. Abduljabbar – GERMANY
Cheavon Clarke – GREAT BRITAIN
Julio Cesar Castillo Torres – ECUADOR
Julio Cesar La Cruz Peraza – CUBA
Abner Teixeira Da Silva Junior – BRAZIL
Elly Ajowi Ochola – KENYA
Ato Leau Plodzicki-Faogali – SAMOA
Jose Maria Lucar Jaimes – PERU
Uladzislau Smiahlikau – BELARUS
SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT (91 KG+)
Maxime Yegnong Njieyo – CAMEROON
Chouaib Bouloudinats – ALGERIA
Bakhodir Jalolov – UZBEKISTAN
Siyovush Zukhurov – TAJIKISTAN
Satish Kumar – INDIA
Kamshybek Kunkabayev – KAZAKHSTAN
Mourad Aliev – FRANCE
Frazer Clarke – GREAT BRITAIN
Muhammed Abdullayev – AZERBAIJAN
Ivan Veriasov – ROMANIA
Richard Torres Jr – USA
Dainier Christian Pero Justiz – CUBA
Cristian Camilo Salcedo Codazi – COLUMBIA
Yousry Rezk Mostafa Hafez – EGYPT
Danis Latypov – BAHRAIN
Ricardo Damion Brown – JAMAICA
Tsotne Rogova – UKRAINE
WOMEN
FLYWEIGHT (41 KG TO 51 KG)
Rabab Cheddar – MOROCCO
Roumaysa Boualam – ALGERIA
Christine Ongare – NIGERIA
Yuan Chang – CHINA
Tsukimi Namiki – JAPAN
Hsiao-Wen Huang – TAPEI
Chungnejiang Mery Kom Himangte – INDIA
Irish Magno – PHILIPPINES
Tursunoy Rakhimova – UZBEKISTAN
Buse Naz Cakiroglu – TURKEY
Charley-Sian Davison – GREAT BRITAIN
Stoyka Z. Krasteva – BULGARIA
Giordana Sorrentino – ITALY
Sandra Drabik – POLAND
Svetlana Soluianova – ROMANIA
Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria – COLUMBIA
Virginia Hall Fuchs – USA
Graziele Jesus de Sousa – BRAZIL
Irismar Del Valle Cardoza Rojas – VENEZUELA
Catherine Nanziri – UGANDA
Jutamas Jitpong – THAILAND
Miguelina Hernandez Garcia – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Nina Radovanovic – SERBIA
Thi Tham Nguyen – VIETNAM
Mandy Bujold – CANADA
Ornella Havyarimana – BURUNDI
FEATHERWEIGHT (54 KG TO 57 KG)
Khouloud Hlimi Ep Moujahi – TUNISIA
Keamogetse Sadie Kenosi – BOTSWANA
Yu-Ting Lin – TAPEI
Sena Irie – JAPAN
Skye Nicolson – AUSTRALIA
Aeji Im – SOUTH KOREA
Irma Testa – ITALY
Michaela Walsh – IRELAND
Stanimira N. Petrova – BULGARIA
Maria C. Nechita – ROMANIA
Nikolina Cacic – CROATIA
Karriss Artingstall – GREAT BRITAIN
Jucielen Cerqueira Romeu – BRAZIL
Yeni Marcela Arias Castaneda – COLUMBIA
Caroline Veyre – CANADA
Marcelat Sakobi Matshu – DR CONGO
Nesthy Petecio – PHILIPPINES
Yamileth Argentina Solorzano Osorio – EL SALVADOR
Liudmila Vorontsova – ROMANIA
Yarisel Ramirez – USA
Ramla Said Ahmed Ali – SOMALIA
LIGHTWEIGHT (57 KG TO 60 KG)
Imane Khelif – ALGERIA
Mariem Homrani Ep Zayani – TUNISIA
Yeonji Oh – SOUTH KOREA
Simranjit Kaur Baatth – INDIA
Shih-Yi Wu – TAPEI
Sudapom Seesondee – THAILAND
Kellie Harrington – IRELAND
Caroline Dubois – GREAT BRITAIN
Esra Yildiz – TURKEY
Agnes Alexiusson – SWEDEN
Maiva Hamadouche – FRANCE
Rebecca Nicoli – ITALY
Beatriz Iasmin Soares Ferreira – BRAZIL
Rashida Ellis – USA
Esmerelda Falcon Reyes – MEXICO
Naomie Yumba Therese – DR CONGO
Raykona Kodirova – UZBEKISTAN
Maria Jose Palacios Espinoza – ECUADOR
Mira Potkonen – FINLAND
Dayana Sanchez – ARGENTINA
Donjeta Sadiku – KOSOVO
WELTERWEIGHT (64 KG TO 69 KG)
Oumayma Bel Ahbib – MOROCCO
Alcinda Helena Panguana – MOZAMBIQUE
Hong Gu – CHINA
Nien-Chin Chen – TAPEI
Lovlina Borgohain – INDIA
Baison Manikon – THAILAND
Busenaz Surmeneli – TURKEY
Nadine Apetz – GERMANY
Anna Lysenko – UKRAINE
Angela Carini – ITALY
Saadat Dalgatova – ROMANIA
Oshae Lanae Jones – USA
Myriam Karine Da Silva Rondeau – CANADA
Maria Altagracia Moronta Hernandez – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Elizabeth Akinyi – KENYA
Shakhnova Yunusova – UZBEKISTAN
Brianda Tamara Cruz Sandoval – MEXICO
Karolina Koszewska – POLAND
MIDDLEWEIGHT (69 KG TO 75 KG)
Khadija Mardi – MOROCCO
Rady Adosinda Gramane – MOZAMBIQUE
Qian Li – CHINA
Caitlin Parker – AUSTRALIA
Pooja Rani – INDIA
Nadezhda Ryabets – KAZAKHSTAN
Lauren Price – GREAT BRITAIN
Zenfira Magomedalieva – ROMANIA
Aoife O’Rourke – IRELAND
Nouchka Fontijn – NETHERLANDS
Naomi Melissa Graham – USA
Tammara Amanda Thibeault – CANADA
Athena Bibeishi Bylon – PANAMA
Ichrak Chaib – ALGERIA
Myagmarjargal Munkhbat – MONGOLIA
Erika Stefania Pachito Jurado – ECUADOR
Elzbieta Wojcik – POLAND
