14 weight categories have been confirmed for the LA 2028 Olympic Games. This follows the inclusion of an additional women’s weight.
The weights to be boxed at LA are:
| MEN | Women |
| 55kg | 51kg |
| 60kg | 54kg |
| 65kg | 57kg |
| 70kg | 60kg |
| 80kg | 65kg |
| 90kg | 70kg |
| 90+kg | 75kg |
The IOC says “an additional women’s weight category ensures full gender parity across events, while maintaining equal numbers of athlete quotas for men and women, as was the case at Paris 2024”
124 quota places will be available for men, and 124 quota places will be available for women. The first qualification opportunity in Europe will be the 2027 European Games. Confederation level qualifcation events will also take place in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Its expected the two global Olympic qualifiers will take place in Quarter 1 of 2028, and in Quarter 2 of 2028.
LA 2028 Olympic Programme
With the inclusion of boxing, approved by the IOC Session in March 2025, the LA28 sports programme is composed of 31 sports, with an additional five sports proposed by the Organising Committee and approved by the IOC in 2023.