Men's champion Joshua Ofori leads Canada's 5-medal haul at World Boxing Challenge Cup

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Jun 16, 2025 10:55 AM EDT | Last Updated: 30 minutes ago

Joshua Ofori of Edmonton struck golden implicit the play astatine the World Boxing Challenge Cup, with a 5-0 determination implicit Italy's Rotani Guidi successful the men's 75-kilogram part successful Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic.

Ofori, a subordinate of the Marshall Boxing Club, helped Canada seizure 5 medals astatine the caller level of contention created by World Boxing.

In the women's 60 kg division, Marie Al-Ahmedieh of Montreal claimed silver, advancing to the last with beardown performances earlier falling to Brazil's Rebeca Santos successful a 5-0 decision.

Victoria Penney of Toronto's Sully's Boxing Gym, besides collected metallic successful the women's 80 kg division, losing by a constrictive 3-2 determination to Mexico's Citlalli Vanessa Ortiz.

Quebec's Nickenson Denis of The Corner Boxing Club, reached the last bout successful the men's 80 kg class but came up conscionable abbreviated successful a 3-2 determination against Hungary's Pylyp Akhilov, earning the metallic medal.

Canada besides secured a bronze medal during Friday's semifinals with Ontario's McKenzie Wright of Fight Night Boxing Club losing a 3-2 determination to eventual golden medallist Phil Kaivo-Oja of Finland successful the women's 50 kg division.

"The performances of the full squad were solid. There are ever things to enactment connected and we spell into a grooming signifier earlier the [June 30-July 6] World Cup successful [Astana, Kazakhstan] wherever we tin marque immoderate tactical and method changes," said Canada caput manager Vincent Auclair.