Treasure Moremi remains on course to claim Botswana\u2019s first boxing medal since 2010 after progressing to the quarter-finals following a tie with Toka Litabe of Lesotho on the judges\u2019 scorecards.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more you win, the more the competition starts heating up,\u201d said Moremi, who was deemed by the judges to have had overall control of the bout. \u201cI\u2019m ready for the quarter-finals.\u201d<\/p>\n
He will be joined in the last eight by, among others, India\u2019s Sachin Siwach and Tryagain Morning Ndevelo (NAM). Standing in the way of the Namibian will be Niall Adams, who is looking to claim Guernsey\u2019s first Commonwealth boxing medal.<\/p>\n
Niall Adams of Team Guernsey celebrates victory over Ravindu Jayantha of Team Sri Lanka during the Men’s 60kg Round of 16 match on day four of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games<\/p>\n
Photography Francois Nel\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel amazing that I have the opportunity to do that, and I\u2019m desperate to win it,\u201d said Adams, who beat Sri Lankan Ravindu Jayanath 4-1.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just enjoying it, it felt great in there. I had to wait a week before going into this fight because we got here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve just been mincing around the hotel, shadow boxing in the room, walking a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Island games<\/p>\n
Lio Dicks of Team Solomon Islands and Jade Micock of Team Seychelles exchange punches during the Men’s 80kg Round of 32 match on day two of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games<\/p>\n
Photography Francois Nel\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Another boxer looking to put his small island nation on the boxing map is Jade Micock of the Seychelles, which has never won a Commonwealth Boxing gold medal. The Men\u2019s 80kg fighter, who turned 19 on Sunday, is through to the quarter-finals after a split-decision win against Eoghan Quinn (NIR).<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no partying, my goal was to give myself a gift by winning my first bout and that\u2019s what I\u2019ve done,\u201d Micock said. \u201cThis is the game plan for me and today my coach said, \u2018Jade when I was still a boxer, I fought an Ireland guy, southpaw guy\u2019, and he beat the guy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said today we’re going to do the same thing as he did, and that’s what I did today, and prove to him that I am what I say I am.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was better news in the 70kg category for another Northern Irishman, Jon McConnell, one of two boxers from the country who passed the interview stage for reality television show Love Island but withdrew their interest when selected for Glasgow 2026.<\/p>\n
After beating India\u2019s Sumit Kundu in a ding-dong bout, McConnell will be coupled with Carl Hield \u2013 16 years his senior \u2013 of the Bahamas in Wednesday\u2019s quarter-finals.<\/p>\n