The start of the first boxing world championship in history is almost with us.

The tournament will have 4 divisions: feather, super lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight.  Each division will have 32 participants from all corners of the world.

The first stage of the tournament will be from April 17-20 at the BLVD City Global Theater in Ryadh, Saudi Arabia, it will have 64 fights of 6 rounds each, spread over the 4 days of the tournament.

Today we share the list of participants in the 140 lbs. division:

Argentina (2): Alan Dutra and Alan David Crenz.

Australia (1): Hassan Hadman.

Canada (2): Eric Basran and Wilcox Spencer.

China (1): Wu Ju.

Colombia (1): Carlos Utria.

United States (5): Isaiah Johnson, Ahmad Jones, Joseph Abudy, Adlay Rodriguez and Criztec Bazaldua.

Egypt (1): Marwan Madboly.

Philippines (2): Into Jerald and Beltran Crisalito.

Ghana (1): Samuel Quaye.

England (1): Nathan Forest.

Kazakhstan (2): Nurzahan Serbikbayev and Sanatali Toltayev.

Mexico (2): Misael Urias Cabreras and Orlando Tirado Barajas.

Poland (1): Przbyla Bartlomiej.

United Kingdom (1): Tommy Collins.

Dominican Republic (1): Guerrero Elianel.

South Africa (2): Ntethelelo Nkosi and Michael Adesodun.

Spain (1): Jokin Garcia.

Thailand (1): Efe Konuk.

Ukraine (1): Danylo Lozan.

Uzbekistan (2): Tursunov Mujibillp and Kamronbek Eshmatov.

Venezuela (1): German Brochero.

The following stages will follow in June, August, October and the grand final in December.

All the stages of the Boxing Grand Prix will be broadcasted by DAZN: http://dazn.com/wbc

Tickets will be distributed free of charge by registering at the following link: https://webook.com/en/events/wbc-boxing-grand-prix-tickets-564783