Boxing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games was the 23rd appearance of the Boxing at the Commonwealth Games. The boxing competition at the 2026 Commonwealth Games was held in Glasgow, Scotland, at the SEC Centre. It is one of the founding sports, having featured in every edition of the Games since the inaugural 1930 edition; the boxing competition took place within Scotland for the fourth time, with 14 medal events. Two fewer than four years earlier. However, the number of categories for men and women was equalized to seven for each gender.
The competition took place between 24 July and 1 August 2026, spread across fourteen events. India topped the medal table with 10 including a record seven golds. England also won 10 medals which was the country's highest tally since 1986. Australia won its first Commonwealth Games gold medal since 2018 when Jye Dixon claimed the men's 55 kg, followed later the same day by Emma-Sue Greentree taking the women's 75 kg gold. The only other nation to win a gold medal was Northern Ireland through Jon McConnell in the men's 70 kg. Tarona Taafaki made history by winning the first Commonwealth Games medal in any sport for Tuvalu by taking a bronze in the women's 75 kg despite losing her only bout having been given a bye into the semi-finals. Following the conclusion of the Games it was reported that four members of the Ugandan squad and one boxer from Pakistan had failed to return home and were being sought by Police Scotland.
Schedule Preliminary bouts (round of 32 and round of 16 matches) commenced on Friday 24 July, continuing until Monday 27 July. Quarter-finals was held over Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 July, semi-finals on Friday 31 and the gold medal bouts on Saturday 1 August.
The competition schedule was as follows:
PPreliminary matches¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsFFinal Fri 24 Sat 25 Sun 26 Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Fri 31 Sat 1Session → M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E Men's 55 kgPP¼½F Men's 60 kgPP¼½F Men's 65 kgPP¼½F Men's 70 kgPP¼½F Men's 80 kgPP¼½F Men's 90 kg P¼½F Men's +90 kg¼½F Women's 51 kgP¼½F Women's 54 kgPP¼½F Women's 57 kgP¼½F Women's 60 kgP¼½F Women's 65 kg¼½F Women's 70 kg¼½F Women's 75 kg ¼½F
Venue The boxing competition was held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow.
Medal summary Medal table
Medallists Men
Women
Participating nations There were 43 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) in boxing with a total of 201 athletes (131 men and 70 women). The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Gabon, Guyana and Mozambique entered boxers who were withdrawn on the eve of the games due to not completing mandatory gender testing in time or had visa issues. A boxer from Nauru was also disqualified.
References
External links Official website: 2026 Commonwealth Games – Boxing