▪️Fourteen boxers from Africa were in action with seven of them shown the door
▪️There’s no respite for Africa Youth Olympics hosts Senegal as their casualty toll swells to six with two more losing today
March 9, 2026
What a great show for African boxers on Day Two of World Futures Cup U19 in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 9, 2026.
Fourteen of them took to the ring today with seven advancing and seven eliminated.
It’s another miserable day for Senegal with two more boxers – bantamweight Mouhamed Sall and light welter Sonhibou Fall – losing their fights. Four lost on Day One.With six of them out, nine are still in the battle front.
Two more Moroccans won their fights to bring the total number of winners to five.
Algeria, Mauritius and Benin had a good day with Algeria winning three, Mauritius two and Benin one.
The weeklong event in Bangkok is a qualifier for the Youth Olympics in Dakar, Senegal from October 31-November 13, 2026.
*Full results of the 14 African boxers in action on Day Two in Bangkok*
*Round of 32 female 57kg*
1) Bahari Besma (ALG) beat Ugurlu Esmanur (Turkey) 5-0
*Round of 64 men 55kg*
2) Prince Agbetome (Benin) beat Joel Calvo (Panama) DISQ in round three
3) Ziyad El Khaddari (Morocco) beat Elias Tisbita (Georgia)
4) Smail Sahraoui (ALG) outpointed Ahmed Ismail (Egypt)
*Round 64 men 55kg*
5) Denzel Namase
evayen (Mauritius) lost to Jiaheng Fu (China)
6) Mouhamed Sall (Senegal) lost to Bekzod Ismoiljonov (Uzbekistan)
*Round 32 men 60kg*
7) Julian Agathe (Mauritius) stopped Kit Fu Tang (Hong Kong)
*Round 64 men 65 kg*
8) Sonhibou Fall (Senegal) lost to Eldiiar Tenisbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
9) Bilal Lezoul (ALG) beat Apisai Radravu (Fiji) 5-0
*Round 32 men 60 kg*
10) Youssef Hlaila (Morocco) beat Joshua Tonie Lahindo (Indonesia) 5-0
*Round 64 men 65 kg*
11) Abdulmalik Alhimreetib (Libya) lost to Jan Cumba (Puerto Rico)
12) Faud Wazir (Egypt) lost to Hojamyrat Orazberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
13) Denzel Siballam (Mauritius) beat Rayan Altayyar (Saudi Arabia)
Photos by Oppo DiCaprio
