AIBA World Boxing Championships

AIBA World Boxing Championships
AIBA World Boxing Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	varying
Frequency	biennial
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1974 (men); 2001 (women)
Organised by	AIBA

The AIBA World Boxing Championships, and the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), which is the sport governing body.^[1]^[2] Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, they are the highest level of competition for the sport. The championships were first held for men in 1974 and the first women's championships were held over 25 years later in 2001.^[3]

Both championships are held separately on biennial schedules. Since 1989 the men's championships are held every odd year; the women's championships were held in even years between 2006 and 2018 and switched to a nominal odd-year schedule in 2019.

Men's editions[]

Cuban Felix Savon is the most successful boxer in the World Amateur Boxing Championships (Men's editions) of all time having won 6 gold medals as a heavyweight.

As of 1 August 2021, men are grouped into 13 weight classes as follows:^[4]

46-48 kg (Minimumweight)
48-51 kg (Flyweight)
51-54 kg (Bantamweight)
54-57 kg (Featherweight)
57-60 kg (Lightweight)
60-63.5 kg (Light welterweight)
63.5-67 kg (Welterweight)
67-71 kg (Light middleweight)
71-75 kg (Middleweight)
75-80 kg (Light heavyweight)
80-86 kg (Cruiserweight)
86-92 kg (Heavyweight)
+92 kg (Super heavyweight)

Number	Year	Host	Dates	Venue	Events
1	1974	Havana, Cuba	17–30 August	Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva	11
2	1978	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	6–20 May	Pionir Sports Hall^[5]	11
3	1982	Munich, West Germany	4–15 May	Olympiahalle^[6]	12
4	1986	Reno, United States	8–18 May	Reno-Sparks Convention Center	12
5	1989	Moscow, Soviet Union	17 September – 1 October	Olympic Stadium	12
6	1991	Sydney, Australia	14–23 November	State Sports Centre^[7]	12
7	1993	Tampere, Finland	7–16 May	Tampere Ice Stadium	12
8	1995	Berlin, Germany	4–15 May	Deutschlandhalle	12
9	1997	Budapest, Hungary	18–26 October	Budapest Sportcsarnok	12
10	1999	Houston, United States	15–29 August	George R. Brown Convention Center	12
11	2001	Belfast, United Kingdom	3–10 June	Odyssey Arena	12
12	2003	Bangkok, Thailand	6–13 July	Nimibutr Stadium	11
13	2005	Mianyang, China	13–20 November	Jiu Zhou Gymnasium	11
14	2007	Chicago, United States	23 October – 3 November	UIC Pavilion	11
15	2009	Milan, Italy	1–12 September	Mediolanum Forum	11
16	2011	Baku, Azerbaijan	22 September – 10 October	Heydar Aliyev Sports	10
17	2013	Almaty, Kazakhstan	14–26 October	Baluan Sholak Sports Palace	10
18	2015	Doha, Qatar	5–18 October	Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena	10
19	2017	Hamburg, Germany	25 August – 3 September	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle	10
20	2019	Yekaterinburg, Russia	8–21 September	Ekaterinburg Expo	8
21	2021	Belgrade, Serbia	25 October – 6 November	Štark Arena	13
22		Tashkent, Uzbekistan	TBD
23		Osaka, Japan		Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium

All-time medal table (1974–2021)[]

Updated after the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	80	35	28	143
2	Russia	26	21	22	69
3	United States ^[a]	18	13	19	50
4	Soviet Union	15	11	17	43
5	Kazakhstan	14	15	22	51
6	Uzbekistan	9	15	19	43
7	Bulgaria	8	8	19	35
8	Ukraine	7	12	11	30
9	Romania	7	5	17	29
10	Azerbaijan	7	4	11	22
11	Italy	6	3	15	24
12	France	5	6	16	27
13	Germany	4	6	25	35
14	China	3	1	9	13
15	Hungary	3	1	6	10
16	Turkey	2	4	11	17
17	South Korea	2	3	8	13
18	Puerto Rico ^[a]	2	1	3	6
19	Japan	2	1	2	5
20	East Germany	1	8	15	24
21	Yugoslavia	1	6	10	17
22	England	1	4	9	14
23	Mongolia	1	4	6	11
24	Ireland	1	3	9	13
24	Poland	1	3	9	13
26	Thailand	1	3	5	9
27	Armenia	1	2	7	10
28	Brazil	1	2	5	8
29	Russian Boxing Federation ^[b]	1	2	2	5
30	Georgia	1	1	6	8
31	Nigeria	1	1	3	5
32	Kenya	1	1	0	2
33	Morocco	1	0	2	3
34	Uganda	1	0	1	2
35	Venezuela	0	5	6	11
36	Belarus	0	3	7	10
37	Philippines	0	3	3	6
38	Finland	0	3	2	5
39	North Korea	0	2	5	7
40	Algeria	0	2	2	4
40	Netherlands	0	2	2	4
42	India	0	1	6	7
43	Canada	0	1	4	5
44	Lithuania	0	1	3	4
45	Argentina	0	1	2	3
	Thailand Boxing Federation ^[c]	0	1	2	3
	Wales	0	1	2	3
48	Croatia	0	1	1	2
48	Ecuador	0	1	1	2
50	West Germany	0	0	6	6
51	Australia	0	0	5	5
51	Egypt	0	0	5	5
53	Sweden	0	0	4	4
54	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
54	Tajikistan	0	0	3	3
56	Dominican Republic	0	0	2	2
	Norway	0	0	2	2
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	2	2
	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
	Spain	0	0	2	2
61	Albania	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (77 nations)		235	233	470	938

Notes

^ ^a ^b 1986 silver medalists Luis Román Rolón (48 kg, Puerto Rico) and Loren Ross (81 kg, United States) were disqualified for doping and stripped of their medals, which were not transferred to other athletes.
^ At the 2021 championships, in accordance with a ban by WADA and a decision by CAS, Russian boxers were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated as the Russian Boxing Federation and under the Russian Olympic Committee flag.
^ At the 2021 championships, in accordance with a ban by WADA, Thai boxers participated as the Thailand Boxing Federation, under the AIBA flag.

Multiple gold medalists[]

Boldface denotes active amateur boxers and highest medal count among all boxers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Rank	Boxer	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Félix Savón	Cuba	91 kg	1986	1999	6	1	–	7
2	Julio César La Cruz	Cuba	81 kg / 92 kg	2011	2021	5	–	1	6
3	Juan Hernández Sierra	Cuba	67 kg	1991	1999	4	–	1	5
4	Lázaro Álvarez	Cuba	56 kg / 60 kg / 57 kg	2011	2019	3	2	–	5
5	Serafim Todorov	Bulgaria	54 kg / 57 kg	1989	1995	3	1	–	4
5	Zou Shiming	China	48 kg / 49 kg	2003	2011	3	1	–	4
7	Francisc Vaștag	Romania	67 kg / 71 kg	1989	1995	3	–	1	4
8	Roberto Balado	Cuba	+91 kg	1989	1993	3	–	–	3
	Andy Cruz	Cuba	64 kg / 63 kg / 63.5 kg	2017	2021	3	–	–	2
	Adolfo Horta	Cuba	54 kg / 57 kg / 60 kg	1978	1986	3	–	–	3
	Mario Kindelán	Cuba	60 kg	1999	2003	3	–	–	3
	Magomedrasul Majidov	Azerbaijan	+91 kg	2011	2017	3	–	–	3
	Odlanier Solís	Cuba	91 kg / +91 kg	2001	2005	3	–	–	3
	Teófilo Stevenson	Cuba	+81 kg / +91 kg	1974	1986	3	–	–	3

Women's editions[]

As of 1 August 2021, women are grouped into 12 weight classes as follows:^[4]

45-48 kg (Minimumweight)
48-50 kg (Light flyweight)
50-52 kg (Flyweight)
52-54 kg (Bantamweight)
54-57 kg (Featherweight)
57-60 kg (Lightweight)
60-63 kg (Light welterweight)
63-66 kg (Welterweight)
66-70 kg (Light middleweight)
70-75 kg (Middleweight)
75-81 kg (Light heavyweight)
+81 kg (Heavyweight)

Number	Year	Host	Dates	Venue	Events
1	2001	Scranton, United States	24 November – 2 December		12
2	2002	Antalya, Turkey	21–27 October		12
3	2005	Podolsk, Russia	26 September – 2 October	Vityaz Ice Palace	13
4	2006	New Delhi, India	18–23 November	Talkatora Indoor Stadium	13
5	2008	Ningbo, China	22–29 November	Ningbo Sports Center	13
6	2010	Bridgetown, Barbados	10–18 September	Garfield Sobers Gymnasium	10
7	2012	Qinhuangdao, China	21 May – 3 June		10
8	2014	Jeju City, South Korea	13–25 November	Halla Gymnasium	10
9	2016	Astana, Kazakhstan	19–27 May		10
10	2018	New Delhi, India	15–24 November	KD Jadav Indoor Stadium	10
11	2019	Ulan-Ude, Russia	3–13 October		10
12		Istanbul, Turkey	6–21 May		12

All-time medal table (2001–2019)[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia ^[a]	24	11	25	60
2	China ^[b]	18	15	17	50
3	India	9	8	19	36
4	North Korea	8	7	10	25
5	United States	7	9	22	38
6	Canada	7	2	17	26
7	Turkey	6	8	14	28
8	Ireland	6	1	1	8
9	Kazakhstan	5	4	9	18
10	Italy	4	4	3	11
11	France	4	3	4	11
12	Ukraine	3	7	10	20
13	Hungary	3	5	11	19
14	Sweden	3	2	6	11
15	Chinese Taipei	3	0	2	5
16	Philippines	2	2	7	11
17	Brazil	2	0	2	4
18	England	1	6	4	11
19	Romania	1	4	8	13
20	Poland	1	3	6	10
21	Bulgaria	1	2	2	5
22	Belarus	1	1	2	4
23	Germany	1	0	2	3
24	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
24	Wales	1	0	1	2
26	Panama	1	0	0	1
27	Netherlands	0	3	4	7
28	Norway	0	3	1	4
29	Thailand	0	2	4	6
30	Argentina	0	2	2	4
31	Azerbaijan	0	2	1	3
32	Denmark	0	1	5	6
33	Australia	0	1	3	4
34	Greece	0	1	2	3
35	Colombia	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
38	Finland	0	0	4	4
39	Japan	0	0	3	3
40	Egypt	0	0	2	2
40	South Korea	0	0	2	2
42	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (48 nations)		123	122	245	490

Notes

^ 2001 finalist Natalya Kolpakova (71 kg, Russia) was disqualified and stripped of her silver medal, which was not transferred to another athlete.
^ 2008 gold medalist Chen Ying (48 kg, China) was disqualified for doping. Sarah Ourahmoune (France) and Alexandra Kuleshova (Russia) were subsequently upgraded to gold and silver respectively.

Multiple gold medalists[]

Boldface denotes active boxers and highest medal count among all boxers (including these who are not included in these tables) per type. In 2018, Mary Kom defeated Ukrainian boxer Hanna Okhota with a 5–0 win in the 48 kg weight category, she is now tied with Cuban legend Felix Savon’s haul of six golds.^[8]^[9]

Rank	Boxer	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mary Kom	India	48 kg / 45 kg / 46 kg / 51 kg	2001	2019	6	1	1	8
2	Katie Taylor	Ireland	60 kg	2006	2016	5	–	1	6
3		Russia	67 kg / 66 kg / 80 kg / +81 kg	2001	2012	3	1	1	5
4	Yang Xiaoli	China	81 kg / +81 kg	2014	2019	3	1	–	4
5	Mary Spencer	Canada	66 kg / 75 kg	2005	2010	3	–	1	4
6	Simona Galassi	Italy	51 kg / 50 kg	2001	2005	3	–	–	3
6	Ren Cancan	China	52 kg / 51 kg	2008	2012	3	–	–	3
8		Hungary	90 kg / 86 kg / 75 kg	2001	2010	2	2	1	5
9	Ariane Fortin-Brochu	Canada	70 kg / 75 kg	2005	2014	2	1	1	4
	Anna Laurell	Sweden	75 kg	2001	2012	2	1	1	4
	Sofya Ochigava	Russia	52 kg / 54 kg / 57 kg / 60 kg	2005	2012	2	1	1	4

References[]

^ "AIBA World Boxing Championships". AIBA.org. International Boxing Association (AIBA). Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ "AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships". AIBA.org. International Boxing Association (AIBA). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ "AIBA Boxing History – AIBA". AIBA. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b "AIBA increases number of weight categories for boxers". AIBA. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "Sedam medalja na bokserskom prvenstvu sveta". strategija.org. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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^ "Mary Kom wins record sixth World Championships gold". The Indian Express. 25 November 2018. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "World Boxing Championships: Mary Kom wins record sixth gold medal, Sonia Chahal takes silver – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[mn1-8] 1986 silver medalists Luis Román Rolón (48 kg, Puerto Rico) and Loren Ross (81 kg, United States) were disqualified for doping and stripped of their medals, which were not transferred to other athletes.

[mn2-9] At the 2021 championships, in accordance with a ban by WADA and a decision by CAS, Russian boxers were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated as the Russian Boxing Federation and under the Russian Olympic Committee flag.

[mn3-10] At the 2021 championships, in accordance with a ban by WADA, Thai boxers participated as the Thailand Boxing Federation, under the AIBA flag.

[wn1-11] 2001 finalist Natalya Kolpakova (71 kg, Russia) was disqualified and stripped of her silver medal, which was not transferred to another athlete.

[wn2-12] 2008 gold medalist Chen Ying (48 kg, China) was disqualified for doping. Sarah Ourahmoune (France) and Alexandra Kuleshova (Russia) were subsequently upgraded to gold and silver respectively.

[1] "AIBA World Boxing Championships". AIBA.org. International Boxing Association (AIBA). Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

[2] "AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships". AIBA.org. International Boxing Association (AIBA). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

[3] "AIBA Boxing History – AIBA". AIBA. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[:0-4] "AIBA increases number of weight categories for boxers". AIBA. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[5] "Sedam medalja na bokserskom prvenstvu sveta". strategija.org. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[6] "Olympiahalle Veranstaltungshöhepunkte". olympiapark.de. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[7] "1991: November 16–22". televisionau.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[13] "Mary Kom wins record sixth World Championships gold". The Indian Express. 25 November 2018. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

[14] "World Boxing Championships: Mary Kom wins record sixth gold medal, Sonia Chahal takes silver – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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Men's	Havana 1974 Belgrade 1978 Munich 1982 Reno 1986 Moscow 1989 Sydney 1991 Tampere 1993 Berlin 1995 Budapest 1997 Houston 1999 Belfast 2001 Bangkok 2003 Mianyang 2005 Chicago 2007 Milan 2009 Baku 2011 Almaty 2013 Doha 2015 Hamburg 2017 Yekaterinburg 2019 Belgrade 2021
Women's	Scranton 2001 Antalya 2002 Podolsk 2005 New Delhi 2006 Ningbo 2008 Bridgetown 2010 Qinhuangdao 2012 Jeju City 2014 Astana 2016 New Delhi 2018 Ulan-Ude 2019
Men's (Junior / Cadet)
Men's (Youth / Junior)	Buenos Aires 1998 Guadalajara 2008 Baku 2010 Yerevan 2012 Saint Petersburg 2016 Budapest 2018 Kielce 2021
Combined Youth	Sofia 2014 Budapest 2018 Kielce 2021
Women's (Junior / Youth)	Guwahati 2017
List of medalists men women Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships

AIBA World Boxing Championships

Contents

Men's editions[]

All-time medal table (1974–2021)[]

Multiple gold medalists[]

Women's editions[]

All-time medal table (2001–2019)[]

Multiple gold medalists[]

See also[]

References[]