Eight Iranian boxers will take part at the AOB World Olympic Qualification Event which will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from June 16 to 25.

Sajjad Mohammadpour in 52kg, Ehsan Sepahvandi in 56kg, Foroutan Golara in 60kg,  Hadi Makouei in 64kg, Amin Ghasemipour 69kg, Siavash Omidi in 75kg, Salar Gholami in 91kg and Mohammadali Shahidi in +91kg will represent Iran in the tournament. 

The competition sees 39 Olympic quota places available, and is the first time that an open qualification event has followed the Continental Qualifiers, aiba.org reported. 

The top five boxers in Baku at flyweight (52 kg), bantamweight (56 kg), lightweight (60 kg), light welterweight (64 kg), welterweight (69 kg), middleweight (75 kg) and light heavyweight (81 kg) will all earn Olympic quota places along with the two light flyweight (49 kg) finalists, while the champions at heavyweight (91 kg) and super heavyweight (+91kg) will also qualify.

The first Rio 2016 qualifiers were confirmed last year when the best boxers from the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Doha, Season V of the World Series of Boxing and APB World Champions and finalists earned quota places. 
Earlier this year, Continental Qualification Events took place in Cameroon, Argentina, Turkey and China. 
In July, the Venezuelan city of Vargas will host the final Qualification tournament for APB, WSB and all pro boxers eligible.