It’s all systems go as bidding guidelines are released by the Normalisation Committee
AFBC Elite Men’s and Women’s African Boxing Championships will take place between September and November, 2025.
The tentative schedule is contained in the bidding guidelines released today, June 25, 2025, by the Africa Boxing Confederation (AFBC) Normalisation Committee Chairperson, Eswatini’s Pearl Dlamini (pictured).
Dlamini, who is now the head of African boxing, said they have set July 16 as the deadline for countries intending to host the tournament to send their letter of intent and completed bidding documents to the Normalisation Committee.
“The final decision will be taken by the NC on July 31,” said Dlamini urging boxers to prepare well for this eagerly awaited tournament hosted by DR Congo in 2024.
Dlamini told boxersworld.co.ke a total of 25 weight divisions – 13 men and 12 women – will be competed for in the African Championships.
About the event, the bidding guidelines state:
A. Official Event Name
AFBC Elite Men’s and Women’s African Boxing Championships (Name of Chosen
City) 2025
B. Tentative Dates:
September-October-November 2025
Day 1
Arrivals + Sport Entries Check
Day 2
Technical Meeting and Official Draw
Day 3–7
Preliminaries
Day 8
Quarter-Finals
Day 9
Rest Day
Day 10
Semi-Final Bouts
Day 11
Final Bouts
Day 12
Departures
C. Weight Classification
Elite Men (13 Weight Categories): 46 – 48 kg, 51 kg, 54 kg, 57 kg, 60 kg, 63,5 kg, 67
kg, 71 kg, 75 kg, 80 kg, 86 kg, 92 kg, 92 + kg;
Elite Women (12 Weight Categories): 45 – 48 kg, 50 kg, 52 kg, 54 kg, 57 kg, 60 kg,
63 kg, 66 kg, 70 kg, 75 kg, 81 kg, 81 + kg.
D. Age Classification
Elite Men and Women: 19 – 40 years old based on the “Year of Birth”
(January 1, 1985 – December 31, 2006)
E. Competition Format
Three (3) rounds of three (3) minutes each (one minute rest between rounds)
F. Number of Officials
A. 1 ring
i. Technical Delegate: 1
ii. ITOs: 9
iii. R&Js: 15
B. 2 Rings
i. Technical Delegate: 1
ii. ITOs: 18
iii. R&Js:25
As usual, the hosts will cater for travel and accommodation costs of the AFBC family including the allowances of the referees and judges and local transportation.
With the bidding guidelines released, the stage is now set for Africa’s premier boxing tournament expected to be a full house now that sanity is back in the management of Africa boxing hitherto engulfed in a shameful ping-pong game of nothing important to the boxers but power struggle between the two warring factions which have since been silenced by IBA following the creation of the Normalisation Committee.
