Puebla hosts 2026 PanAmerican Boxing Championships

The 2026 PanAmerican Boxing Championships have commenced in Puebla, Mexico, at the Miguel Hidalgo Gymnasium. Running from October 17 to October 25, the tournament brings together 26 national delegations from across the Americas to compete in elite amateur boxing.

The event serves as a critical qualifying stage for the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, with 56 qualification spots at stake. Additionally, the competition will help determine the roster for the 2026 Papp Cup in Budapest, Hungary.

Participating nations include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela, among others. The tournament is organized under the auspices of World Boxing and the Panamerican Boxing Confederation. Gennadiy Golovkin, president of World Boxing, and Luis Alberto Rivera Morales of CONADE have both highlighted the event's importance for the development of continental boxing and the professional trajectory of the participating athletes.