Boxing 21st April 2023

Men’s Boxing World Championships get underway on May 1st in Uzbekistan

Boxing

Nine boxers are currently in the final stages of preparation for the Men’s Boxing World Championships, to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 1-14 May.

The team arrived in Kazakhstan on 20 April for an international training camp and will head to Tashkent on 29 April.

This is the first World Championships campaign for all boxers, with Australia last sending a Men’s team in 2019. Three of the 2023 team members competed at last year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham – Charlie Senior, Billy McAllister, and notably Callum Peters, who took home silver and subsequently the 2022 CombatAUS Breakthrough Performance Award and Boxing Athlete of the Year.

After two competitions in Europe in February and a seven-day camp in early April, the team is primed and ready to perform on the international stage.

Kirra Ruston (80kg), currently relocating from Perth to Brisbane, was named Team Captain during the April training camp.

Links to the draw, results and livestream will be available closer to the date at:

NameCategory / RoleState
Emmanuel Shemeza51kgNSW
Charlie Senior57kgWA
Max McChlery63.5kgQLD
Shannan Davey71kgQLD
Callum Peters75kgSA
Kirra Ruston80kgWA
Billy McAllister86kgQLD
Ikenna Enyi92kgACT
Teremoana Teremoana+92kgQLD
Santiago NievaHead Coach
Jamie PittmanAssistant Coach
Jeremy UdovichAssistant CoachVIC
Allan NicholsonTeam ManagerQLD
Josh McCabePhysioQLD