The next edition of the four-days long Grand Prix Usti nad Labem will open with its Sport Entries Check, Technical Meeting and Official Draw in the Czech Republic today.
The Grand Prix Usti nad Labem has a strong brand name in the European boxing map and the interest is huge from the National Federations every year.
Czechia hosted the European U19 Boxing Championships last October which was the first continental event for European Boxing and a new milestone.
The event will be starting with its first competition day on this Wednesday, June 17 while the finals will take place in the city of Usti nad Labem on June 20.
The boxers will use this opportunity to prepare well to the next European Elite Boxing Championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.
The World Boxing Cup in China is overlapping the Grand Prix Usti nad Labem but 20 nations have registered to the Czech international event.
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey and Wales are planning to send their elite boxers to Usti nad Labem.
The Grand Prix Usti nad Labem has a bright history and several of the Olympic Champions started their international roads in this event.
The facts of the Grand Prix Usti nad Labem
Name: Grand Prix Usti nad Labem
Competition Period: June 17-20
Venue: Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
Gender: Women & Men
Age Group: Elite
Date of Birth of the boxers: 1986-2007 born boxers
The weight categories of the Grand Prix Usti nad Labem
Women: 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and +80kg
Men: 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg, 90kg, and +90kg
The schedule of the Grand Prix Usti nad Labem
June 16 – Arrival of the delegations
June 16, 12:00-19:00 – Boxing Entries Check
June 16, 21:00 – Technical Meeting
June 16, 21:30 – Official Draw
June 17 – Day1 competition
June 18 – Day2 competition
June 19 – Day3 competition
June 20 – Day4 competition with the finals
June 21 – Departure of the delegations
Boxers who need to be watched at the Grand Prix Usti nad Labem
- Aira Villegas, Philippines, women’s 51kg – Bronze medallist at the Paris Olympics
- Sakshi Choudhary, India, women’s 51kg – Youth World Champion
- Hatice Akbas, Turkey, women’s 54kg – World Champion
- Preeti Pawar, India, women’s 54kg – Asian Champion
- Esra Yildiz Kahraman, Turkey, women’s 57kg – Bronze medallist at the Olympics
- Bojana Gojkovic, Montenegro, women’s 57kg – Multiple European Champion
- Sthelyne Grosy, France, women’s 57kg – Silver medallist at the 2021 Youth World Championships
- Priya, India, women’s 60kg – Asian Champion
- Ginevra Muzzi, Italy, women’s 60kg – European Youth Champion
- Luca Hamori, Hungary, women’s 65kg – Quarter-finalist at the Paris Olympics
- Viktorie Jilkova, Czech Republic, women’s 65kg – European U19 Champion
- Rosie Eccles, Wales, women’s 70kg – Commonwealth Games winner
- Lovlina Borgohain, India, women’s 75kg – Bronze medallist at the Olympics
- Stella Blazkova, Czech Republic, women’s 80kg – U19 World Champion
- Zsofia Szira, Hungary, women’s +80kg – European U23 Champion
- Ergyunal Sebahtin Sabri, Bulgaria, men’s 50kg – Silver medallist at the European Boxing Championships
- Izaya Gaucher, France, men’s 55kg – European U23 Champion
- Abdul-Rahman Burton, England, men’s 55kg – Silver medallist at the European U23 Boxing Championships
- Mohamed Al Manouchi, Germany, men’s 60kg – Silver medallist at the U19 World Boxing Championships
- Pylyp Akilov, Hungary, men’s 75kg – Bronze medallist at the World Boxing Championships
- Michael Fares Derouiche, Austria, men’s 85kg – Bronze medallist at the World Boxing Championships
- William Cholov, Bulgaria, men’s 85kg – Silver medallist at the European U23 Boxing Championships
- Narek Manasyan, Armenia, men’s 90kg – Silver medallist at the European Boxing Championships
- Teagn Stott, England, men’s 90kg – Silver medallist at the World Boxing Championships
- Djamili-Dini Aboudou Moindze, France, men’s +90kg – Bronze medallist at the Paris Olympics
- Davit Chaloyan, Armenia, men’s +90kg – Silver medallist from the 2021 World Boxing Championships