Next to the 63rd Belgrade Winner Tournament, the Algirdas Socikas Tournament is also an international elite event this week. The prestigious 30th Algirdas Socikas Tournament will be held in Lithuania’s second biggest city in Kaunas on May 14-16.
The six-time Soviet National Champion Mr. Algirdas Socikas was one of the heroes of Lithuania's boxing life in the past, who won the European Boxing Championships two-times in 1953 in Warsaw and he repeated it in 1955 in West Berlin. Lithuania’s most important elite international boxing tournament was named after their national boxing icon who earned gold medals in several other events too.
Armenia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland and Tajikistan are the 13 participating nations in the Algirdas Socikas Tournament.
The Opening Ceremony of the competition will start at 4pm on May 14 which will follows the first session in Kaunas. The finals are scheduled to take place in the evening of May 16.
Altogether 84 boxers participated in the 29th edition of the Algirdas Socikas Tournament in one female and ten male weight categories in Kaunas one year ago.
Lithuania’s former European Junior silver medallist Aleksandr Trofimciuk was too smart for Turkey’s Faruk Gurkan Dalgic at the 70kg final bout making the local fans proud and he delivered the best performance in the 2025 edition. He will return to Kaunas to defend his throne while his veteran teammate, Edgaras Skurdelis is also member of the host nation’s team.
The facts of the Algirdas Socikas Tournament
Name: Algirdas Socikas Tournament
Competition Period: May 14-16
Venue: Kaunas, Lithuania
Gender: Women & Men
Age Group: Elite
Date of Birth of the boxers: 1986-2007 born boxers
The weight categories of the Algirdas Socikas Tournament
Women’s: 60kg and 75kg
Men’s: 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg, 90kg, +90kg
The schedule of the Algirdas Socikas Tournament
May 13 – Arrival of the delegations
May 13, 20:00 – Technical Meeting
May 14, 07:00-09:00 – Medical examination and weigh-in
May 14, 10:00 – Official Draw
May 14, 16:00 – Opening Ceremony
May 14, 16:30 – Day1 competition
May 15, 16:00 – Day2 competition
May 16, 18:00 – Day3 competition
May 17 – Departure of the delegations
Boxers who need to be watched in the Algirdas Socikas Tournament
- Ana Starovoitova, Lithuania, women’s 60kg – European Championships bronze medallist
- Aaron Cullen, Scotland, men’s 55kg – European U23 Championships silver medallist
- Ruslan Aslikyan, Armenia, men’s 55kg – European U23 Championships silver medallist
- Edgaras Skurdelis, Lithuania, men’s 60kg – World Championships quarter-finalist
- Nikolajs Zamjatins, Latvia, men’s 65kg – U19 World Championships quarter-finalist
- Aleksandr Trofimciuk, Lithuania, men’s 70kg – European Junior Championships silver medallist
- Alan Perrie, Scotland, men’s 80kg – European U23 Championships bronze medallist
- Davit Simonyan, Armenia, men’s 90kg – European Youth Championships silver medallist
- Jonas Jazevicius, Lithuania, men’s +90kg – multiple National Champion