Northumbria Crowned Champions After Standout Performance at BUCS Boxing Championships

Northumbria University finished top of the men’s table at last weekend’s BUCS Boxing Championships in Portsmouth, beating Loughborough and Nottingham University’s to name but a few.

Northumbria’s boxers displayed outstanding form and dominated their bouts taking away three gold medals and three silver medals as well as three of their students reaching the semi-finals and another student reaching the quarter final.

Over the weekend, the Northumbria team had 20 bouts, 14 wins, seven losses and two of our own boxed each other. Here’s a rundown of the weekend’s success:

• Olly Munro won Elite Gold 67kg
• Divine Omojor won Elite Gold 86kg
• Uziah Masvaure won 6-13 bouts 67kg Gold category 
• Jay Redpath won Silver in the Elite 71kg 
• Marius Murhula won Silver in the 0-5 Bouts 60kg category 
• Austin Onyesonwu won Silver in the 0-5 Bouts 92kg category.
• Sam O'Gorman got to the Semi Finals of the Elite 67kg category 
• James Willingham got to the Semi Finals of the Elite 86kg Category 
• Jakub Blaszk got to the Semi Finals of the 0-5 +92kg category
• Marvelous Timi got beat in the Quarter Finals of the 0-5 75kg category.

Following the weekend’s competition, we spoke to Northumbria Boxing Coach, Ross Wilkinson, he said: “I want to give a special shout out to Team Captain Olly Munro as this was his 3rd BUCS and he lost the 0-7 category as a brand new boxer but has dedicated himself to boxing and won Gold in both the Intermediate and Elite categories. A phenomenal achievement and we are all really proud of him. No doubt one of the best to ever box for Northumbria and has left his own legacy at the University in the sport.

Ross continued: “This was my fourth year going to BUCS as a coach and it is the best team we have entered, the results showed that over the weekend. To win Gold Medals in any category is impressive but to win two Elite Golds in this competition was outstanding. Over the last four years I've been in the role, the culture of the club has grown and we got to see the results of that this year. I'm extremely proud of all our boxers in this competition and to go win Best Team is a huge accolade for us and the University. All of the boxers have worked tirelessly to get these results and left no stone unturned and for that, I thank and congratulate them. I want the lads to enjoy their achievements but we will all have one eye on improving this result in 2026.”

A huge well done from everyone here at Northumbria Sport.