Sun. Dec 22nd, 2024
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Super-heavyweight Delicious Orie leads a talented British squad at the World Boxing Cup in Sheffield.

The tournament will be live on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday 17 January with the finals on Saturday.

Fighters from England, Wales and Scotland will be joined by Cameroon refugee Cindy Ngamba, competing under Fair Chance.

The English Institute of Sport will host the new event which is supported by the new federation World Boxing.

In the World Boxing Cup, male and female boxers collect points from competitions with the finals at the end of the year and Sheffield the latest instalment of the tournament.

Before then, many of Britain’s best will compete in the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Orie, Charley Davison and Rosie Eccles have each booked their place already.

Here BBC Sport goes through some of fighters to look out for at the officially named World Boxing Cup: GB Open, Sheffield 2024.

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