200 Boxers from 34 NOCs Set for Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games

The boxing competition at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games will bring together 200 boxers representing 34 National Olympic Committees, as Asia’s leading athletes compete on one of the continent’s biggest sporting stages.

Boxing will feature 11 weight categories across the men’s and women’s competitions, with 12 days of action taking place at Nishio Gymnasium.

The competition adds another chapter to a history stretching across more than seven decades of Asian Games boxing.

Boxing made its Asian Games debut at Manila 1954 and has since produced generations of Olympic champions, world champions and some of the most celebrated names in Asian sport.

One of the competition’s most extraordinary chapters came at the Seoul 1986 Asian Games, when the Republic of Korea completed an unprecedented clean sweep, winning gold in all 12 boxing weight categories contested.

Forty years later, a new generation will step into the ring in Japan.

For Asian Boxing, Aichi-Nagoya 2026 is also an opportunity to connect the athletes of today with the history and spirit upon which the Asian Games were built.

The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951, beginning a sporting tradition that has connected generations of athletes across the continent. That journey connecting the torch carried at the inaugural Games with the red sun will guide the story toward Japan in 2026.

200 boxers. 34 NOCs. 11 weight categories. Men and women. 12 days. One Asian Games.

From the first flame in 1951 to a new generation preparing to compete in Aichi-Nagoya, the story continues.