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International boxing tournament Boxam started in the Spanish town La Nucia, near Alicante on May 16th. This time the tournament is organised for the junior boys and girls, youth men and women and U22 men and women age groups. La Nucia is known in the boxing environment as the place where the IBA Youth World Boxing Championships was held in previous year. The EUBC Technical Delegate is Mr. Dragoljub Radovic from Montenegro.

Competition will last five days, starting from May 16th until May 20th. Bouts will be held in the Pabellon Muixara, and the livestream is available on the official YouTube channel of the Spanish Boxing Federation. Every day the program will start at 3 pm.

Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Israel, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Wales are the countries that participate at this event. There are 132 boxers and good quality fights are expected. Some of the most decorated boxers in La Nucia are World champion Maud van der Toorn from the Netherlands and European champion Viktorie Jilkova from Czech Republic.