Fourteen Athletes Selected for Inaugural World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (August 6, 2025) – The USA Boxing High Performance department has announced its competition roster for the 2025 World Boxing Championships, taking place in Liverpool, England, from September 4 to 14. Fourteen athletes will travel to the inaugural championships to contend for gold medals across many weight classes. The World Boxing Championships will then take place inside M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
Among the United States contingent traveling to the inaugural World Boxing Championships will be seven men and seven women competing for Team USA. Before beginning competition in Liverpool, the 14 athletes will participate in a multinational camp inside Great Britain Boxing’s training facility in Sheffield, England, from August 17 to September 1.
The 2025 USA Boxing High Performance selection procedures state that to retain a position on the High Performance Team, Team members must win a minimum of one (1) medal at an international competition within the first seven (7) months of the year. Following the High Performance procedures, a re-evaluation was conducted by the USA Boxing High Performance Department for the men’s 55-kilogram, men’s 60-kilogram, women’s 70 kilogram and women’s 75-kilogram weight classes.
Following that re-evaluation, Orlando Zamora (men’s 55 kg), Ramon Ordonez (men’s 60 kg), Isabella Winkler (women’s 70 kg) and Naomi Graham (women’s 75 kg) were selected to represent the United States in their respective weight classes in the upcoming World Boxing Championships.
A full list of Team USA’s scheduled competitors at the World Boxing Championships is listed below. The USA Boxing Elite High Performance team is currently in camp in Colorado Springs, Colo., preparing for the upcoming world championships. Athletes will depart for Sheffield, England, on Saturday, August 16, for the multinational camp. Following the two-week camp in Sheffield, the team will travel to Liverpool on Monday, September 1, to attend the competition.
For further information regarding the 2025 World Boxing Championships, including ticket information, spectator guides and event information, fans can navigate to WorldBoxingLiverpool.com.
The USA Boxing Elite High Performance Team is led by head coach Billy Walsh (Colorado Springs, Colo.). Walsh is assisted by National Resident Coach Timothy Nolan (Rochester, N.Y.) and National Development Coaches Edward Fonteneaux (Fayetteville, N.C.) and Nicole Burleson (Bethany, Okla.).
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