▪️Twenty boxers are currently training at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in a new modern well-equipped gym
03/02/2026
The first ever Youth Olympics Games on African soil have revamped boxing activities in Senegal with the country’s federation taking no chances to ensure they excel at the Games scheduled for Dakar from October 31 to November 13.
Senegal Boxing Federation President Modou Mamoune Sene is leading from the front the country’s committed efforts to steal the limelight in Dakar and make their presence felt in world boxing.
To show how serious they are, Sene has announced they will be represented by 16 boxers in the World Boxing U19 Futures Cup scheduled for Bangkok, Thailand on March 6-16. This will be the lone qualifier for the Youth Olympics in Dakar.
Twenty boxers – 12 boys and 8 girls – are currently training at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in a new well-equipped gym in readiness for the Bangkok event to be held at the famous Huamark Indoor Stadium.
“Of the 20 young boxers, 16 will go to Bangkok since the 10, including 5 boys and 5 girls, who are to participate in the Dakar Youth Olympic Games will come from the Thailand qualifier,” Sene told boxersworld.co.ke
“We’re very committed as hosts to finish in the top three places in the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar,” said Sene.
Among the 20 boxers preparing for the Bangkok tournament include three medallists at the 2025 Africa Youth Games in Luanda, Angola, where Senegal finished seventh overall with one silver from Soda Faye in female 60kg and two bronzes by Saliou Diop 70kg and Pape Maguette Yade 55kg.
The others who represented Senegal in Angola were Mouhamed Sall 50kg, Sonhibou Fall 65kg and Khalifa Ababacar Konate 60kg.
Coaches handling the Bangkok team led by National Technical Director, Malick Niang, are Ibrahima Wade, Alioune Ndoye, Papa Amsatou Kebe and Ass Faly Diokhane supported by national team doctor Papa Ibrahima Sagna.
The official five Youth Olympic Games weight categories for females are 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg and 60kg while for the male the five Youth Olympics weight divisions are 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg and 70kg.
For the Bangkok tournament, female and male boxers will compete in 10 weight categories 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and +80kg for females and males will compete in 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg, 90kg and +90kg.
Eligibility for the Youth Olympics is for athletes born between November 14, 2008 to December 31, 2009.
Boxing entries check, technical meeting and official draw will be conducted at the Bangkok Interplace Hotel.
Boxers from 2008 and 2009 age groups are eligible to participate in the Bangkok event
*The schedule of the World Boxing U19 Futures Cup*
March 6 – Arrivals of the delegations
March 6, 10:00-17:00 – Boxing Entries Check
March 7, 09:00-12:00 – Boxing Entries Check
March 7, 16:00 – Technical Meeting
March 7, 16:30 – Official Draw
March 8, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day 1 competition
March 9, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day 2 competition
March 10, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day 3 competition
March 11, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day 4 competition
March 12, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day 5 competition
March 13, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day 6 competition
March 14, 13:00 & 18:00 – Day7 competition with the semi-finals
March 15, 13:00 – Day 8 competition with the finals
March 16 – Departure of the delegations
The LOC of the World Boxing U19 Futures Cup
Thailand Boxing Association
Phone: +66 2 1867542
Email: thailandboxing.tba@gmail.com; kraitachkk@gmail.com; tba.hutsaya@gmail.com; tba.kanyatat@gmail.com; sport@worldboxing.org
Website: www.thailandboxing.or.th
