BOXERS FIND OUT OPENING OPPONENTS AT ASIA 2026

The Boxing draw has been done at the 20th Asian Games with Jordan’s talented team finding out who they will face in their opening bouts at the Nishio Gymnasium venue in Japan.
Hanan Nassar was given a quarter-final fight in the 51kg weight against North Korea’s An Kum-byol on September 28, after the draw exempted both fighters from competing in the preliminary round.
In the women’s 60kg weight class, Mais Abu Khadijah will open her campaign from the round of 16 agsinst The Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio on Saturday.
On the men’s side, Huzaifa Ishaish begins his participation in the 55kg division from the round of 16, meeting Laos boxer Phanise Huangthesuan on Tuesday.
In the 60kg weight class, the draw took Mohammad Abu Jajeh to the round of 16, where he awaits the winner of the bout between Bhutan’s Kinley and India’s Sachin on Friday.
Ziad Ishaish also advanced to the next round in the 70kg weight, and will await in the round of 16 the winner of Chinese Taipei’s Kan Chia-wei and Palestine’s Mohammad Issa on Thursday.
In the 80kg weight class, Hussein Ishaish will open his campaign from the round of 16 against Kyrgyzstan’s Omurbek Bekzhigit Uulu on Wednesday.