England won four female titles in Budva but Azerbaijan, Greece, Hungary and Scotland also returned to the top of the podium

England topped the women’s medal standings at the European U17 Boxing Championships in Budva, Montenegro but Azerbaijan, Greece, Hungary and Scotland also returned to the top of the podium in the female finals.

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine were the participating 40 nations in the European U17 Boxing Championships.

England’s Summer Grigg stopped all of her opponents during the road to the final of the women’s 46kg weight class. The amazing English had another brilliant performance in the final of the event and she defeated Turkey’s Saliha Ceylin Pehlivan unanimously, taking the first gold medal in Budva.

Russia’s Elizaveta Taratynova used her height advantage to beat Poland’s Aleksandra Lipniak in the second female final of the event at the 48kg. England’s second title in the European U17 Boxing Championships was earned by Lilly Green who turned back her final against Ukraine’s Maria Rafalska with great finish.

England’s Delilah Lambert had the massive height advantage against Scotland’s lone finalist Kara Young, but she attacked from the first seconds. The Scottish was a hard target, she moved all the time and her counter-attacking style paid off today to win the title of the 52kg, her nation’s first U17 gold since the 2022 edition.

England’s Letitia McKee started the 54kg final with stormy attacks and she caught the taller Oleksandra Cherevata of Ukraine with heavy punches and the Slovakian referee stopped the bout in the beginning of the second round. Azerbaijan’s Jamila Muradli controlled all of the three rounds against Germany’s Aliyah Zeynab Ibrahim to take the title of the 57kg.

Russia’s Daria Sazhina used her longer hands well against Ukraine’s next female sensation in the squad, Asia Tkachenko, and she took the title of the women’s 60kg weight category. Romania’s Alessia Onofras eliminated Turkey’s Sudenur Yalgettekin but she lost to Greece’s Dimitra Karpozilou in one of the tightest finals of the event.

Turkey’s Ada Eybey bowed out Ukraine’s defending European U17 Champion Kateryna Moroz in the semi-finals and she was too smart for Sama Abbasova of Azerbaijan in the final of the 66kg. England’s Emily Denham caught Russia’s Daria Shiliaeva with heavy jabs in the first and third rounds to win the gold medal at the 70kg weight category.

Turkey’s new flag bearer in the U17 team, Masal Ece Buruk amazed in the second round against Poland’s Agnieszka Paprocka and the referee stopped their 75kg final and confirmed Buruk’s RSC victory. Ukraine’s fourth finalist, Diana Polishchuk has succeeded and she earned her nation’s first title after beating Romania’s Andreea Soare at the 80kg.

Hungary’s Krisztina Bodnar eliminated Russia’s European Junior Champion Maria Krashenina in the semi-finals of the +80kg therefore she met once again in a repeat final of the last edition with Ukraine’s Sofya Opaliukh today. Bodnar taught from the last edition and her loss in Kienbaum and she was highly motivated to win their re-match in Budva to earn a gold medal for Hungary.

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