WBC China | Moorehouse & Clancy Bow Out

Team Ireland’s Daina Moorehouse and Dean Clancy have exited World Boxing Cup China at Last 16 stage.

Paris Olympian, Daina contested her 51kg Last 16 bout against Paris Olympic champion at the weight, home boxer Wu Yu and the 5-0 result went to the Chinese boxer.

Judges scored the bout 26:30; 26:30; 26:30; 26:30; 25:30, reflecting a second round point deduction for the Team Ireland boxer.

Fellow Olympian Dean was in 65kg Last 16 action against 2026 World Boxing Cup Brazil bronze medalist and a 2025 World (IBA) bronze medalist, Alexandru Paraschiv of Moldova.

The contest ended in a 4-1 split in favour of the Moldovan boxer, scored: 27:30; 28:29; 27:30; 28:29; 30: 27

Taking place in Guiyang City from June 15th to 20th, this is the second stage in the 2026 World Boxing Cup series. The series is a benchmark competition run across three tournaments, designed for Elite male and female boxers to accrue ranking points. Champions are awarded 150 points, silver medalists 100 and there are 75 ranking points for bronze medalists. In all, 330 boxers from 44 federations are competing at Stage 2.

The complete tournament draw is available here