Overview
- The season-ending event begins from the quarterfinal stage at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik venue with roughly 130 boxers from 18 countries.
- As host, India has entries in all 20 divisions, led by Nikhat Zareen, Jaismine Lamboria, Minakshi Hooda, Pooja Rani and Nupur Sheoran.
- World Boxing’s revamped format reduces weight classes to 10 per gender and brings together Cup stage medallists and top-ranked athletes for the Finals.
- Several big names have opted out, China is not participating, and powers Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have sent second-string line-ups.
- The Finals award ranking points, including 300 for gold, which will factor into seeding for major multi-sport events next year.