2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight

The Light heavyweight competition was the third-heaviest class featured at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex. Heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 81 kilograms in body mass.

Medalists[]

Gold	Julio César la Cruz (CUB)
Silver	Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)
Bronze	Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)
Bronze	Elshod Rasulov (UZB)

Seeds[]

Egor Mekhontsev (Semifinals)
Joseph Ward (Third Round)
Hrvoje Sep (Second Round)
Enrico Kölling (Third Round)
Damien Hooper (Quarterfinals)
(Second Round)
Elshod Rasulov (Semifinals)
Ramil Aliyev (Third Round)
Imre Szellő (Second Round)
Yamaguchi Falcao (Third Round)
Yahia El-Mekachari (Second Round)
Dinesh Kumar (Third Round)

Draw[]

Finals[]

Semifinals			Final

1	Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)	15

4	Julio César la Cruz (CUB)	21
			Julio César la Cruz (CUB)	17

			Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	13
3	Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	11

2	Elshod Rasulov (UZB)	9

Top half[]

Section 1[]

First round		Second round		Third round		Quarterfinals

		Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)	19
(EST)	18	(EST)	12
(GRE)	8			Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)	14
(KGZ)	22			Marcus Browne (USA)	6
(GEO)	24	(GEO)	6
(JPN)		Marcus Browne (USA)	10
Marcus Browne (USA)	RSCH					Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)	27
Imre Szello (HUN)	21					Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)	21
Kennedy Katende (SWE)	10	Imre Szello (HUN)	11
Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)	RSCH	Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)	25
(JAM)				Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)	17
(ROM)	13			Ramil Aliyev (AZE)	15
(TKM)	17	(TKM)	6
		Ramil Aliyev (AZE)	23

Section 2[]

First round		Second round		Third round		Quarterfinals

		Damien Hooper (AUS)	15
(EGY)	12	(JOR)	9
(JOR)	13			Damien Hooper (AUS)	16
(MNE)	17			Dinesh Kumar (IND)	7
Maxwell Amponsah (GHA)	7	(MNE)	DSQ
Deepak Maharjan (NEP)	8	Dinesh Kumar (IND)
Dinesh Kumar (IND)	20					Damien Hooper (AUS)	13
(TUR)	19					Julio César la Cruz (CUB)	14
(THA)	10	(TUR)	7
Mikhail Dauhaliavets (BLR)	11	Julio César la Cruz (CUB)	17
Julio César la Cruz (CUB)	25			Julio César la Cruz (CUB)	8
Reece Papuni (NZL)	10			Enrico Koelling (GER)	6
(MGL)	18	(MGL)	4
		Enrico Koelling (GER)	12

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

First round		Second round		Third round		Quarterfinals

		Hrvoje Sep (CRO)	8
(DMA)	DSQ	(BIH)	17
(BIH)				(BIH)	6
Meng Fanlong (CHN)	23			Meng Fanlong (CHN)	13
(MEX)	9	Meng Fanlong (CHN)	20
Daugirdas Šemiotas (LTU)	13	Daugirdas Šemiotas (LTU)	9
(SRB)	9					Meng Fanlong (CHN)	8
Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN)	13					Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	19
(ITA)	11	Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN)	8
Jeysson Monroy (COL)	18	Jeysson Monroy (COL)	14
(NOR)	7			Jeysson Monroy (COL)
Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	16			Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	KO
(MDA)	11	Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	14
		(KOR)	9