Commonwealth Games 2026: Lovlina Borgohain assured of medal even before opening ceremony

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) released the boxing draws for all 14 weight categories for the 2026 Glasgow Games on Wednesday.

The boxing competition will kick off on 24th July with the round of 32 bouts in a few categories, and the competition will run for seven days before the finals on 1st August.

India has sent a full 14-member squad, including flag-bearer Lovlina Borgohain, who has already assured herself of a medal before the competition begins.

Lovlina, competing in the women’s 75kg category, received a direct bye to the semi-finals as there are only five entries in her weight class.

All the semi-finalists in boxing receive the bronze medal; Lovlina, who is an Olympic medallist from the 2020 Tokyo Games, is assured of a medal even before competing. 

Alongside that, four female boxers, Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Priya Ghanghas (60Kg), Parveen Hooda (65Kg), and Arundhati Chuadhry (70Kg), will start in the quarterfinals.

Meanwhile, the two lightweight boxers, Sakshi Chaudhary (51Kg) and Preeti Pawar (54Kg), will have a longer pathway to the medal as they start in the round of 16.

In men's boxing, the draws are comparatively bigger with Jadumani Singh (55Kg) and Sachin Siwach (60Kg) set to start their campaign much earlier in the round of 32.

Aditya Pratap (65Kg), Sumit (70Kg) and Ankush (80Kg) start in pre-quarterfinals, whereas Kapil (90kg) and Narender Berwal (90+) start in quarterfinals.

Jadumani will start India's boxing campaign in Glasgow, with his first-round bout against the home favourite Aaron Cullen on July 24th.