Boxing has been included on the list of sports for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which will take place in Glasgow from Thursday 23rd July to Sunday 2nd August 2026.
Glasgow 2026 will feature a compact 10-sport programme with Para sport integrated, across four venues within an eight-mile corridor.
Boxing is Northern Ireland’s most successful sport at the Commonwealths with 61 medals, including 13 golds, 19 silvers and 29 bronze medal bronze, prior to the 2022 games. That tally rose to 18 golds, 20 silver and 30 bronze, respectively during the 2022 Birmingham Games.
Team NI topped the medals table with golds came from European U22 bronze medalist and European silver medalist, Dylan Eagleson, 3 time CWG medalist, Michaela Walsh 57kg Jude Gallagher, 63kg World Champion Amy Broadhurst, contesting at 60kg, Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist and now double CWG medalist, Aidan Walsh. The team’s silver came through 50kg Carly McNaul, and bronze through 70kg Eireann Nugent.
Michaela and Aidan Walsh have since become double Olympians, and Jude Gallagher an Olympian.
The Commonwealth Games las took place in Glasgow in 2014 and then, Paddy Barnes and Mick Conlan came home with gold, Michaela Walsh and Joe Fitzpatrick won silver and 5 boxers brought home bronze.