The International Boxing Association (IBA) will hold the IBA Punch Power Challenge, a punch-power championship on its new interactive IBA PUNCH machines, as part of the inaugural IBA President’s Cup in Istanbul.

Qualifying runs over five days, from 27 November to 1 December, at the Hasan Doğan Sports Complex in Istanbul. Each day, participants have one scored attempt of three punches, and the points from all three punches count towards their score. Daily results are added together in an online overall ranking that is updated every day. A missed day cannot be made up. The winners will be crowned at the Global Boxing Forum on 4 December and awarded with substantial prize money.

Registration is now open at ibapunch.com. Participants can also sign up on site by scanning the QR code on an IBA PUNCH machine and filling in a short form. Entry is free and open to anyone aged 18 and over. Each participant competes under one account in one category, and prize winners will be asked to verify their identity.

Participants compete in six weight categories. The men’s categories are light (up to 63.5kg), middle (63.5kg to 80kg) and heavy (over 80kg). The women’s categories are light (up to 60kg), middle (60kg to 75kg) and heavy (over 75kg). Each participant’s category is set by the weight they register, which is checked at a control weigh-in at the venue.

After the final day of qualifying, the top five in each category, up to 30 athletes in total, will advance to the final at the Global Boxing Forum. Each finalist will deliver one series of three punches, and the combined score will decide the prize places. The participant with the highest total in the overall ranking will also receive a separate award as Overall Leader. The final will be streamed live on IBA’s social media and YouTube channels.

Please find more details on IBA PUNCH website and onsite at Hasan Doğan Sports Complex in Istanbul starting from 27 November.

About IBA PUNCH

IBA PUNCH was developed in-house by IBA as part of its wider digital boxing ecosystem, which also includes the IBA Boxing Mobile game. The idea behind it is simple: one punch is enough to enter the competition. The machine measures the force of every punch, displays the result instantly on its large screen and adds it to the participant’s personal profile, which stores their result history, achievements, levels and personal statistics.

All IBA PUNCH machines are connected to a single digital ecosystem. Results from different locations are combined into one system, so every punch counts towards shared rankings and competitions can be held across venues, cities and countries. Players can follow their statistics, rankings and notifications through an app, a Telegram bot or the website.

Beyond individual rankings, IBA PUNCH offers regular contests and challenges, as well as team formats such as “District vs District”, in which city districts compete against each other. A share of each machine’s revenue goes into a prize fund, and partner brands can offer players additional rewards.

The Istanbul championship is only the first step. Production of the machines is already under way, and IBA plans to build a global IBA PUNCH network, with partners able to install machines in their own cities and countries and host similar competitions. With IBA PUNCH, fans get a new way to experience boxing through sport, technology and play.