The 69th Golden Gloves Tournament will be held in Banja Luka this week
Following the Tammer Tournament, the 69th edition of the Golden Gloves Tournament, the Zlatna Rukavica, the Memorial of the Greats will be held for the U19 and elite female and male boxers in Banja Luka on November 4-7.
The Technical organizer of the Golden Gloves Tournament is the Boxing Club Slavija with the support of the Serbian Boxing Federation and the co-host of the competition, the Boxing Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The city of Banja Luka hosted the 2024 edition of the European Junior Boxing Championships with a success and it is located only 332km from Belgrade and 190km from Sarajevo.
The Golden Gloves Tournament is one of the oldest international competitions in the entire world, next to the Strandja Memorial, the Bocskai Memorial, the Belgrade Winner and the Bornemissza Tournament.
Serbias previous competition, the 63rd edition of the Belgrade Winner Tournament was held for the elite women and men boxers in the Serbian capital on May 12-18 this year. The city of Loznica hosted the European U19 Boxing Championships this August
The women boxers will be able to compete in 10 weight categories among the U19s and elites in this traditional Golden Gloves Tournament. The men athletes will have 10 divisions both among the U19s and the elites in the city of Banja Luka.
The competition venue will be the Arena Centar in Banja Luka and the international event will see several top names in the elite tournament.
The weight categories of the Golden Gloves Tournament
Womens U19: 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, and +80kg
Womens Elite: 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, and +80kg
Mens U19: 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg, 90kg and +90kg
Mens Elite: 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg, 90kg and +90kg
The schedule of the Golden Gloves Tournament
November 3-4 Arrival of the delegations
November 4, 19:00 Technical Meeting
November 4, 20:00 Official Draw
November 5 Day1 competition
November 6 Day2 competition with the finals
November 7 Departure of the delegations