Asian Games 2026: Full boxing schedule — Indians in action, start times in IST

India’s Lovlina Borgohain had won a silver medal in women’s 75kg category in boxing at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI

The Asian Games 2026 will be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, between September 19 and October 4.

The boxing event, in which India will be represented by an 11-member contingent, will begin on September 21 and conclude on October 2.

The preliminary rounds will get underway on September 21 with the men’s 70kg category, while the women’s event will begin a day later with the 51kg and 54kg categories.

The semifinals will take place on September 29 and 30 while the finals will be held across two days, on October 2.

India’s Asian Games 2026 boxing schedule

September 21

8:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 70kg Round of 32 (Sumit Kundu)

September 22

8:30 a.m. onwards

Women’s 51kg Round of 32 (Sakshi Chaudhary)

Women’s 54kg Round of 32 (Preeti Pawar)

1:30 p.m. onwards

Men’s 55kg Round of 32 (Jadumani Singh Mandengbam)

September 23

8:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 60kg Round of 32 (Sachin Siwach)

Men’s 80kg Round of 16 (Ankush)

September 24

8:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 70kg Round of 16

Women’s 51kg Round of 16

Women’s 65kg Round of 16 (Parveen Hooda)

September 25

8:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 60kg Round of 16

Men’s +90kg Round of 16 (Narender Berwal)

Women’s 54kg Round of 16

September 26

8:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 55kg Round of 16

Men’s 90kg Round of 16 (Kapil Pokhariya)

Women’s 60kg Round of 16 (Priya Ghanghas)

September 27

8:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 80kg Quarterfinals

Women’s 54kg Quarterfinals

1:30 p.m. onwards

Men’s 60kg Quarterfinals

Men’s +90kg Quarterfinals

Women’s 65kg Quarterfinals

September 28

8:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 70kg Quarterfinals

Women’s 51kg Quarterfinals

Women’s 75kg Quarterfinals (Lovlina Borgohain)

1:30 p.m. onwards

Men’s 55kg Quarterfinals

Men’s 90kg Quarterfinals

Women’s 60kg Quarterfinals

September 29

9:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 60kg Semifinals

Men’s 80kg Semifinals

Men’s +90kg Semifinals

Women’s 54kg Semifinals

Women’s 65kg Semifinals

September 30

9:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s 55kg Semifinals