Joe Tyers and Elise Glynn face final test of Olympic standard at World Boxing Cup in Sheffield

Nick Westby
By Nick Westby
Published 19th Jan 2024, 18:47 BST
Joe Tyers took a big step towards the Paris Olympics with a thrilling semi-final win at the World Boxing Cup GB Open in Sheffield last night.

The 23-year-old who used to fight out of Teesside Amateur Boxing Club but who now represents Billingham Boxing Academy, beat Assan Hansen of Germany on a split decision to advance to Saturday’s final. Theirs was one of the more explosive bouts on the third evening of the event, a key gatepost on the road to Paris, which concludes at the English Institute of Sport on Saturday.

Tyers is hoping to do enough this week to convince GB Boxing he is the light welterweight to take to the Olympics.

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He will have to overcome a fellow British fighter in the final, Patris Mughalzai, who defeated Tulga Oyunbaatar in his semi-final.

Joe Tyers (blue) of GB fights Assan Hansen (red) of Germany at the World Boxing CUp at the EIS, Sheffield. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)Joe Tyers (blue) of GB fights Assan Hansen (red) of Germany at the World Boxing CUp at the EIS, Sheffield. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)