
BUCS Boxing Championships 2025: Northumbria and York reign supreme
January 28, 2025 | by Chris Boyd
Northumbria University and York University finished top of the table in the male and female standings respectively at the BUCS Boxing Championships, following three blockbuster days of action.
The British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Boxing Championships took place this past weekend (24th-26th January) at the University of Portsmouth and saw almost 150 bouts contested.
The full team standings follow below, along with Sunday 26th January’s Finals Day results.
Team Standings:
Men’s Team Standings | Women’s Team Standings | ||
1st | Northumbria | 1st | York |
2nd | Loughborough | 2nd | East Anglia |
3rd | Nottingham | 3rd= | Durham |
4th | Leicester | 3rd= | Ulster |
5th | Liverpool John Moore | 5th= | Liverpool |
6th | Lancaster | 5th= | UCB |
7th | Portsmouth | 7th | Sheffield Hallam |
8th= | Leeds Beckett | 8th= | Birmingham |
8th= | Ulster | 8th= | King’s College |
8th= | Manchester Met | ||
8th= | Oxford |
Individual Finals Day Results:
Ring A –
Category | Red Corner | Result | Blue |
(F) U54kg, 0-4 | Hang Long Ching
(Loughborough) |
Win – Ching | Peiwen He
(UWE) |
(M) U54kg, 0-5 | Adam Mahmood
(Sheffield Hallam) |
Win – Anku | Elinam Anku
(Newcastle) |
(F) U60kg, 0-4 | Darcie McKee
(Durham) |
Win – McKee | Esme McCarthy
(Cambridge) |
(M) U63.5kg, 0-5 | Athieren Kukendren
(Nottingham) |
Win – Kukendren | Alex Duffy
(Loughborough) |
(F) U66kg, 0-4 | Zahra Ranjbarojaveri
(Manchester Met) |
Win – Ranjbarojaveri | Gabrielle Lukoseviciute
(Oxford) |
(M) U71kg, 0-5 | Michael Gadsby
(East Anglia) |
Win – Watson | William Waston
(Bristol) |
(F) U75kg, 0-4 | Lisa Houston
(Brighton) |
Win – Houston | Isla Johnstone
(Stirling) |
(M) U80kg, 0-5 | Theo Levy Magne
(Durham) |
Win – Abdelmalek | Giovany Abdelmalek
(Sussex) |
(M) U92kg, 0-5 | Austin Chigozirim Omyseonwu | Win – Buhari | Hamza Buhari
(UCL) |
(M) U60kg, 6-13 | Victor Chicaza
(UCL) |
Win – Gibson | Orlando Gibson
(King’s) |
(F) U63kg, 5-9 | Joanna Livesey
(Liverpool) |
Win – Livesey | Niamh Monaghan
(Sheffield Hallam) |
(M) U63.5kg, 6-13 | Martez Cope
(Bournemouth) |
Win – Dildar | Jawad Dildar
(Queen Mary’s) |
(M) U63.5kg, 6-13 | Max Finnerty
(Stafford) |
Win – Pretorius | Henry Pretorius
(Loughborough) |
(M) U71kg, 6-13 | Oliver Creighton
(Sheffield Hallam) |
Win – Ukonu | Olu Ukonu
(Leicester) |
(M) U80kg, 6-13 | Benji Sampson
(Bournemouth) |
Win – Langworthy | Max Langworthy
(Loughborough) |
(M) U60kg, 14+ | Odhran Clancy
(Ulster) |
Win – Hassan | Necati Hassan
(Ox Brookes) |
(M) U63.5kg, 14+ | Louis Silk
(Portsmouth) |
Win – Silk | Ryan Bachra
(Leicester) |
(M) U67kg, 14+ | Oliver Munro
(Northumbria) |
Win – Munro | Eniola Akingbesote
(Birmingham City) |
(M) U75kg, 14+ | Dovydas Kiselis
(Loughborough) |
Win – Kiselis | Manny Mohammed
(East London) |
(M) U80kg, 14+ | Nabil Abdullah
(East Anglia) |
Win – Akinsete | Sam Akinsete
(Manchester Met) |
Ring B –
Category | Red Corner | Result | Blue Corner |
(F) U57kg, 0-4 | Amelia Ramji
(Leeds) |
Win – Meriggi | Teresa Meriggi
(Oxford) |
(M) U57kg, 0-5 | Kian Whiley
(Bournemouth) |
Win – Whiley | Connor Malewicz
(Exeter) |
(M) U60kg, 0-5 | Marius Murhula
(Northumbria) |
Win – Qureshi
|
Hassan Qureshi
(De Montford) |
(F) U63kg, 0-4 | Abigail Hallam
(UCL) |
Win – Sigurodardottir | Signy Sigurodardottir
(East Anglia) |
(M) U67kg, 0-5 | Luke Cassar
(Cardiff Met) |
Win – Owen | Remi Owen
(Kingston) |
(F) U70kg, 0-4 | Jessica Dack
(Durham) |
Win – Dack | Anushka Loggenberg
(Manchester Met) |
(M) U75kg, 0-5 | Matthew Morrice
(Durham) |
Win – Olugboji | Adeoluwa Olugboji
(Oxford) |
(M) U86kg, 0-5 | James Mustoe
(Leeds Beckett) |
Win – Ellis | Jermaine Ellis
(Robert Gordon) |
(M) 92+kg, 0-5 | Connor Button
(Stirling) |
Win – Abubakar | Faruk Abubakar
(Surrey) |
(F) U52kg, 5-9 | Anna Siddique
(Edinburgh) |
Win – Siddique | Megan Bradley
(York) |
(F) U60kg, 5-9 | Yurong Sun
(King’s) |
Win – Sun | Emma Hogan
(York) |
(F) U66kg, 5-9 | Phoebe Piggin
(De Montford) |
Win – Morris | Amelia Morris
(Birmingham) |
(M) U67kg, 6-13 | Sherzaad Dildar
(Brunel) |
Win – Masvaure | Uziah Masvaure
(Northumbria) |
(M) U75kg, 6-13 | Elliott Timms
(Loughborough) |
Win – Appiah | Emmanuel Appiah
(Nottingham) |
(M) U86kg, 6-13 | Michael Adeiyi
(King’s) |
Win – Adeiyi | William Hall
(Loughborough) |
(F) U52kg, 10+ | Connie Gibbons
(Ulster) |
Win – Gibbons | Giejona Cuedarjri
(UCB) |
(M) U54kg, 14+ | Jesse McCarthy
(Liverpool) |
Win – Brown | Naz Brown
(Lancaster) |
(M) U71kg, 14+ | Arbi Maka
(Edinburgh) |
Win – Maka | Jason Redpath
(Northumbria) |
(M) U86kg, 14+ | Emmanuel Nwokeji
(Birmingham City) |
Win – Omojor | Divine Omojor
(Northumbria) |
Key: (M) = Male, (F) = Female, U = Under, + = Over.
Previous bout experience: 0-4, 0-5, 5-9, 6-13, 10+ 14+