The World Boxing Federation held its first official event, and Chen Nianqin defeated the Olympic bronze medal to advance to the top 4

Chinese Taipei women's Chen Nianqin, a bronze medallist at the Paris Olympics, defeated the host country's Soares 4-1 in the first match of the WB Cup women's boxing 65kg class at the World Boxing Federation (World Boxing) in Brazil on April 1 to advance to the semi-finals.

Paris Olympic bronze medalist Chen Nianqin of Chinese Taipei

The World Boxing Federation was recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the highest-level boxing organization in February this year, and the World Boxing Cup (WB) is the first official event held by the WB, with more than 190 competitors and 19 countries (regions) registering for the event.

In addition to Chen Nianqin, who took the lead in the debut, there is another Olympic bronze medalist Wu Shiyi participating in the 57kg class, as well as Guo Yixuan in the 48kg class and Qiu Jingyu in the 51kg class.

Soares is the 60 kg bronze medal in the Paris Olympics, Chen Nianqin is the 66 kg bronze medal, and now the two Olympic players meet in the WB Cup, although Chen Nianqin is slightly inferior in the first round, but after adaptation, he successfully regained face in the second round, and continued to suppress the opponent in the third round, and finally won 4:1.

After all, WB is a newly established international organization, this official event debuted, the degree of investment of countries (regions) in this event still needs to be understood through the competition, Ke Wenming pointed out that this competition first allows players to understand the situation and playing style of players in various countries (regions) through the competition, and the results will go naturally, after all, the season has just begun.