Action is scheduled to take place in the Lokomotyv Sports Palace, a 3,000 capacity venue in the Ukrainian city, over the course of nine days, with proceedings concluding on June 24.

Competition in Kharkiv is acting as a qualifier for the World Championships, which are due to be held in German city Hamburg from August 25 and September 3.

The road to Hamburg begun in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, where the ASBC Asian Championships were held from April 30 to May 7.

The AMBC American Championships are drawing towards their conclusion, with the event coming to an end in Honduras’ capital Tegucigalpa on Sunday (June 18).

Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville will host the re-scheduled AFBC African Championships from June 17 to 25.

The competition had been due to take place from May 27 to June 4.

The final qualifier will be the OCBC Oceanian Championships in Australian city Gold Coast, hosts of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, from June 26 to 29.

A total of 280 boxers will have qualified for the World Championships at the conclusion of the continental events.

Nine members of Russia’s delegation for the European Confederation Championships, including top boxer Georgy Kushitashvili, have reportedly been denied entry to host country Ukraine in the build-up to the event.

Oleg Slobodyan, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian border guards, told AFP the decision was taken because all nine people have illegally visited Crimea.

Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has imposed travel bans on numerous Russian politicians and celebrities who have since visited.

Muslim Gadzhimagomedov is reportedly substituting Kushitashvili at the Championships.

insidethegames has contacted the EUBC for comment.

Russia did not participate in last month's Eurovision song contest in Kyiv due to the country's entrant, Yulia Samoylova, being barred by host nation Ukraine.

Samoylova had previously toured Crimea in 2015.