Boxing is one of the core Commonwealth Games sports. Boxing is also one of three sports that has been on every Games program - the others are Athletics and Swimming. Boxing at the Commonwealth Games up until 2014 was for men only. In 2014, there were three medal weights for women: flyweight, lightweight and middleweight, which were the same three categories that appeared at London 2012 Olympics.

Competition

  • The competition takes place according to the rules of the sport's international federation, World Boxing, which governed the boxing tournament at the Glasgow 2026 Games.
  • The competition is for men and women. At Glasgow 2026 there were seven weight categories each for men and women (14 events in total) – the first time a Commonwealth Games boxing program featured the same number of weight classes for both.
  • The competition is a knockout format, with the winner of each bout proceeding to the next round. Quarter-finals, semi-finals and gold medal bouts are contested, with bronze medals awarded to both losing semi-finalists.

Glasgow 2026 Boxing

Boxing at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games was held from 24 July to 1 August 2026 at the SEC Centre, with 201 boxers from 43 nations competing across the 14 weight categories.

India enjoyed its best-ever Commonwealth Games boxing campaign, topping the boxing medal table with seven gold medals and three silvers (10 medals in all), including five of the seven women's titles.

England recorded its best boxing haul in four decades, also finishing with 10 medals (four gold, three silver and three bronze). Australia (two golds) and Northern Ireland (one) were the only other nations to top a podium.

Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh became the first boxer to win four Commonwealth Games medals, taking silver in the women’s 57kg final against India’s world champion, Jaismine. The leading nations on the boxing medal table are shown below.

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
India 7 3 0 10
England 4 3 3 10
Australia 2 1 3 6
Northern Ireland 1 2 3 6

Trivia

  • Boxing at the Commonwealth Games up until 2014 was for men only.
  • Glasgow 2026 was the first Commonwealth Games to feature the same number of boxing weight classes for men and women, with seven categories each.
  • India recorded its best-ever Commonwealth Games boxing haul at Glasgow 2026, winning seven gold medals to top the boxing medal table.
  • Northern Ireland’s Michaela Walsh became the first boxer to win four Commonwealth Games medals when she took silver at Glasgow 2026.