Boxing World Cup 1979

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The first men's boxing competitions of the World Cup were held from August 11 to August 19, 1979 in New York .

Medalist

class gold gold silver silver bronze bronze
Light fly weight
(- 48 kilograms) 		Richard Sandoval United States
United StatesUnited States  		Kamil Safin Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  		Gil Jamile Philippines
Philippines 1986Philippines 

William Johnston Australia
AustraliaAustralia 

Fly
weight (- 51 kilograms) 		Alberto Mercado Puerto Rico
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico  		Payao Pooltarat Thailand
ThailandThailand  		Alexey Nikiforov Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 

Francis Musankabala Zambia
Zambia 1964Zambia 

Bantam
weight (- 54 kilograms) 		Jackie Beard United States
United StatesUnited States  		Chul Soon-hwang South Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea  		Luis Pizarro Puerto Rico
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico 

Richard Pittman Cook Islands
Cook IslandsCook Islands 

Feather weight
(- 57 kilograms) 		Bernard Taylor United States
United StatesUnited States  		Viktor Rybakov Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  		Viroj Srivapa Thailand
ThailandThailand 

Kim Byung-jin South Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea 

Lightweight
(- 60 kilograms) 		Viktor Demyanenko Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  		Davey Armstrong United States
United StatesUnited States  		René Weller BR Germany
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 

Michael Dominguez Puerto Rico
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico 

Light welter weight
(- 63.5 kilograms) 		Serik Konakbayev Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  		Lemuel Steeples United States
United StatesUnited States  		Azumah Nelson Ghana
GhanaGhana 

Pedro Cruz Puerto Rico
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico 

Welter weight
(- 67 kilograms) 		Eddie Green United States
United StatesUnited States  		Alexander Koschkin Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  		Ra Kyung-min South Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea 

David Hall Australia
AustraliaAustralia 

Light middle weight
(- 71 kilograms) 		James Shuler United States
United StatesUnited States  		Park Il-chun South Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea  		Chamsat Jabrailov Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union 

Somkid Sangtab Thailand
ThailandThailand 

Middle weight
(- 75 kilograms) 		Vladimir Shin Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  		Park Young-kyu South Korea
Korea SouthSouth Korea  		Alex Ramos United States
United StatesUnited States 

Andrew Stankovich New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand 

Light heavyweight
(- 81 kilograms) 		Tony Tucker United States
United StatesUnited States  		Albert Nikolyan Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  		Dennis Jackson Puerto Rico
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico 

Kurt Seiler BR Germany
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms) 		Tony Tubbs United States
United StatesUnited States  		Khoren Indzheyan Soviet Union
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union  		Luc Tchoula Gabon
GabonGabon 

Joseph Adamah Mensah Ghana
GhanaGhana 

Medal table

 rank  country gold silver bronze total
1 United StatesUnited States United States 7th 2 1 10
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 5 2 10
3 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico 1 1 4th 6th
4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 0 3 2 5
5 ThailandThailand Thailand 1 2 0 3
6th AustraliaAustralia Australia 0 0 2 2
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany 0 0 2 2
GhanaGhana Ghana 0 0 2 2
9 Philippines 1986Philippines Philippines 0 0 1 1
Cook IslandsCook Islands Cook Islands 0 0 1 1
GabonGabon Gabon 0 0 1 1
Zambia 1964Zambia Zambia 0 0 1 1
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 0 0 1 1
Total 12 13 20th 45

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