Six England boxers into Saturday’s finals Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Heavyweight Isaac Okoh became the sixth England boxer to book a place in Saturday’s finals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Published31 July 2026, 14:10 BSTUpdated 4 hours agoEngland’s boxers enjoyed a successful first two sessions of Friday’s semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with five of their six fighters reaching Saturday’s finals.Chantelle Reid and Isaac Okoh both produced disciplined performances in the afternoon session to claim unanimous 5-0 wins against their opponents. That followed wins for Sacha Hickey, Patris Mughalzai and Dimeji Shittu in the morning session.Damar Thomas has also secured a place in the 90+kg final, where he will meet compatriot Okoh, after his planned opponent, Northern Ireland’s Willie John McCartan, had to pull out of their semi-final with an elbow injury.Lauren Mackie is the only English fighter to taste defeat in the semi-finals so far, with another three more – Ruby White, Lucy Kings-Wheatley and Mary Kate Smith – set to compete in the evening session, which is scheduled to begin at 19:00 BST.Afternoon session round-upReid put in a superb display to comfortably make it past Australia’s world number two Lekeisha Pergoliti in the women’s 70kg semi-finals.The 28-year-old world bronze medallist only recently returned to the ring after spending six years out with a degenerative back condition and says she is now looking forward to what she can do in the final. She told TNT Sports: “I’m just going to try to keep getting these wins in. It’s all good preparation for the Olympic Games [in Los Angeles in 2028].”Okoh produced an equally disciplined performance to ease past Scotland’s Robert McNulty in the men’s heavyweight division. The 22-year-old quietened the home crowd in Glasgow, winning all three rounds before raising both gloves to his ears at the final bell as he waited for his unanimous win to be confirmed.”They [McNulty’s fans] have been hostile all week,” mentioned the Grays fighter. “I won on Tuesday and they came out and told me I was going to get knocked out, but there was no knocking out today. He got schooled.”Morning session round-upHickey overcame Australia’s Eve Bryson 5-0 in the women’s 65kg category and will take on Northern Ireland’s Kaci Rock in Saturday’s final.
Mughalzai will fight Australian Jacob Cassar for gold in the men’s 65kg after powering past Zambia’s Emmanuel Katema for a 4-1 win in his semi-final.
Shittu enjoyed a comprehensive 5-0 victory over Australia’s Paul Trainor to set up a final bout against India’s Ankush Ankush.
But Mackie had to settle for bronze after losing her semi-final in the women’s 54kg category 4-1 to Canada’s Scarlett Delgado.
