Boxing world championships

The amateur boxing world championships are the most important competitions in amateur boxing after the Olympic boxing competitions . They are organized by AIBA . The first world championship took place in 1974 in the Cuban capital Havana .

The championships were initially held every four years until 1986. The 5th competitions took place three years later, in 1989 in Moscow . Since then, they have been held every two years. After a reform of the weight classes , their number was reduced from 12 to 11.

The most successful participant so far is the Cuban heavyweight Félix Savón with six gold and one silver medal . The most successful participant so far is the Indian Mary Kom with five gold and one silver medal . With 67 gold, 30 silver and 24 bronze medals, Cuba is by far the most successful participating nation.

Junior World Championships have also been held since 1979 . In addition, cadet world championships were held every year from 2001 to 2007, with the exception of 2004 . In 2008, the first competitions of the youth world championships were held in the Mexican city ​​of Guadalajara , which have been held every two years since then. Women's youth and junior world championships have existed since 2011.

World champions who were also Olympic champions

The following world champions were also Olympic champions: Zhou Shiming (2), Teófilo Stevenson (3), Félix Savón (3), Roberto Balado , Odlanier Solís , Mario Kindelán (2), Jorge Hernández , Howard Davis , Emilio Correa Vaillant , Mate Parlov , Ángel Herrera (2), José Gómez Mustelier , Iwajlo Marinow , Mark Breland , Tyrell Biggs , István Kovács , Juan Carlos Lemus , Héctor Vinent (2), Ariel Hernández (2), Daniel Petrow , Maikro Romero , Oleg Elekpajewitsch Saitow (2), Alexander Borisovich Lebsjak , Muhammadqodir Abdullayev , Yan Bartelemí , Guillermo Rigondeaux (2), Somjit Jongjohor , Alexander Povetkin , Aleksei Tishchenko (2), Serik Sapiyev , Roberto Cammarelle , Vasyl Lomachenko (2), Roniel Iglesias , Egor Mekhontsev , Oleksandr Ussyk , Danijar Jeleussinow , Henry Maske , Arlen López , Julio César La Cruz , Evgeni Andrejewitsch Tischtschenko , Tony Yoka .

Men's World Championships

No.	year	place	country	items
1	1974	Havana	Cuba	Details
2	1978	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	Details
3	1982	Munich	BR Germany	Details
4th	1986	Reno	United States	Details
5	1989	Moscow	Russia	Details
6th	1991	Sydney	Australia	Details
7th	1993	Tampere	Finland	Details
8th	1995	Berlin	Germany	Details
9	1997	Budapest	Hungary	Details
10	1999	Houston	United States	Details
11	2001	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Details
12	2003	Bangkok	Thailand	Details
13	2005	Mianyang	People's Republic of China	Details
14th	2007	Chicago	United States	Details
15th	2009	Milan	Italy	Details
16	2011	Baku	Azerbaijan	Details
17th	2013	Almaty	Kazakhstan	Details
18th	2015	Doha	Qatar	Details
19th	2017	Hamburg	Germany	Details
20th	2019	Ekaterinburg	Russia	Details

Medal table of the men

As of September 24, 2019

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Cuba	77	35	26th	138
2	Russia	26th	21st	22nd	69
3	United States	16	11	19th	46
4th	Soviet Union	15th	11	17th	43
5	Kazakhstan	12	13	21st	46
6th	Uzbekistan	9	14th	17th	40
7th	Bulgaria	8th	8th	19th	35
8th	Romania	7th	5	17th	29
9	Ukraine	6th	12	11	29
10	Azerbaijan	6th	4th	9	19th
11	Italy	6th	2	14th	22nd
12	Germany	4th	6th	25th	35
13	France	4th	6th	14th	24
14th	People's Republic of China	3	1	9	13
15th	Hungary	3	1	6th	10
16	Turkey	2	3	11	16
17th	South Korea	2	3	8th	13
18th	Puerto Rico	2	1	3	6th
19th	German Democratic Republic	1	8th	15th	24
20th	Yugoslavia	1	6th	10	17th
21st	England	1	4th	9	14th
22nd	Mongolia	1	4th	6th	11
23	Ireland	1	3	9	13
	Poland	1	3	9	13
25th	Thailand	1	3	5	9
26th	Armenia	1	1	6th	8th
27	Brazil	1	1	5	7th
	Georgia	1	1	4th	6th
29	Nigeria	1	1	3	5
30th	Kenya	1	1	0	2
31	Morocco	1	0	2	3
32	Uganda	1	0	1	2
33	Venezuela	0	5	6th	11
34	Philippines	0	3	3	6th
35	Finland	0	3	2	5
36	Belarus	0	2	6th	8th
37	North Korea	0	2	5	7th
38	Algeria	0	2	2	4th
	Netherlands	0	2	2	4th
40	India	0	1	5	6th
41	Canada	0	1	4th	5
	Lithuania	0	1	4th	5
43	Argentina	0	1	2	3
	Japan	0	1	2	3
	Wales	0	1	2	3
46	Croatia	0	1	1	2
47	Ecuador	0	1	1	2
48	BR Germany	0	0	6th	6th
49	Egypt	0	0	5	5
	Australia	0	0	5	5
51	Sweden	0	0	4th	4th
	Czech Republic	0	0	4th	4th
53	Tajikistan	0	0	3	3
54	Norway	0	0	2	2
	Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	2	2
56	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	United Kingdom	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
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		222	220	444	886

Note: Two silver medals were revoked in 1986 in Reno.

Most successful participant

space	boxer	country	Weight class (s)	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	Total
1	Félix Savón	Cuba	Heavyweight	1986	1999	6th	1	-	7th
2	Juan Hernández Sierra	Cuba	Welterweight	1991	1999	4th	-	1	5
3	Julio César La Cruz	Cuba	Light heavyweight	2011	2017	4th	-	-	4th
4th	Lázaro Álvarez	Cuba	Bantamweight & lightweight	2011	2017	3	1	-	4th
	Serafim Todorov	Bulgaria	Bantamweight & featherweight	1989	1995	3	1	-	4th
	Zhou Shiming	People's Republic of China	Light flyweight	2003	2011	3	1	-	4th
7th	Francisc Vaştag	Romania	Welterweight & light middleweight	1989	1995	3	-	1	4th
8th	Roberto Balado	Cuba	Super heavyweight	1989	1993	3	-	-	3
	Adolfo Horta	Cuba	Bantamweight , featherweight & lightweight	1978	1986	3	-	-	3
	Mario Kindelán	Cuba	lightweight	1999	2003	3	-	-	3
	Magomedrasul Majidov	Azerbaijan	Super heavyweight	2011	2017	3	-	-	3
	Odlanier Solís	Cuba	Heavyweight & super heavyweight	2001	2005	3	-	-	3
	Teófilo Stevenson	Cuba	Heavyweight & super heavyweight	1974	1986	3	-	-	3

Women's World Championships

No.	year	place	country	items
1	2001	Scranton	United States	Details
2	2002	Antalya	Turkey	Details
3	2005	Podolsk	Russia	Details
4th	2006	New Delhi	India	Details
5	2008	Ningbo	People's Republic of China	Details
6th	2010	Bridgetown	Barbados	Details
7th	2012	Chongqing	People's Republic of China	Details
8th	2014	Jeju-si	South Korea	Details
9	2016	Astana	Kazakhstan	Details
10	2018	New Delhi	India	Details
11	2019	Ulan-Ude	Russia	Details

Medal table of the ladies

Status: October 20, 2019

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	25th	10	26th	61
2	People's Republic of China	19th	15th	16	50
3	United States	7th	9	22nd	38
4th	India	7th	7th	20th	34
5	North Korea	7th	7th	9	22nd
6th	Canada	7th	2	18th	27
7th	Turkey	6th	8th	13	28
8th	Ireland	6th	1	1	8th
9	Kazakhstan	5	4th	8th	17th
10	Italy	4th	4th	3	11
11	Ukraine	3	6th	10	19th
12	Hungary	3	5	11	19th
13	France	3	5	4th	12
14th	Sweden	3	2	6th	11
15th	Chinese Taipei	3	0	2	5
16	England	2	6th	5	13
17th	Philippines	2	2	7th	11
18th	Brazil	2	0	2	4th
19th	Romania	1	3	7th	11
20th	Poland	1	3	5	9
21st	Bulgaria	1	2	3	6th
22nd	Belarus	1	1	2	4th
23	Germany	1	0	2	3
24	Wales	1	0	1	2
25th	Panama	1	0	0	1
26th	Netherlands	0	3	4th	7th
27	Norway	0	3	2	5
28	Thailand	0	2	4th	6th
29	Argentina	0	2	2	4th
30th	Azerbaijan	0	2	1	3
31	Denmark	0	1	5	6th
32	Australia	0	1	3	4th
33	Greece	0	1	2	3
34	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
35	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
35	Colombia	0	1	0	1
37	Finland	0	0	4th	4th
38	Japan	0	0	3	3
39	South Korea	0	0	2	2
40	Moldova	0	0	1	1
40	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
40	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
40	Morocco	0	0	1	1
40	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
40	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Total		121	120	231	482

Most successful participants

space	Surname	country	From	To	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Mary Com	India	2001	2010	5	1	0	6th
02	Katie Taylor	United Kingdom	2005	2016	5	0	1	5
03	Irina Sinezkaya	Russia	2001	2012	3	1	1	5
04th	Sofja Otschigawa	Russia	2005	2009	3	0	1	4th
04th	Mary Spencer	Canada	2005	2010	3	0	1	4th

Medal table total

Status: October 20, 2019

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Cuba	77	35	26th	138
2	Russia	51	31	48	130
3	United States	23	20th	41	84
4th	People's Republic of China	22nd	16	25th	63
5	Kazakhstan	17th	17th	29	63
6th	Soviet Union	15th	11	17th	43
7th	Italy	10	6th	17th	33
8th	Ukraine	9	18th	21st	48
9	Uzbekistan	9	14th	17th	40
10	Bulgaria	9	10	22nd	41
11	Turkey	8th	11	24	43
12	Romania	8th	8th	24	40
13	France	7th	11	18th	36
14th	North Korea	7th	9	14th	30th
15th	India	7th	8th	25th	40
16	Ireland	7th	4th	10	21st
17th	Canada	7th	3	22nd	32
18th	Germany with GDR and FRG	6th	14th	48	68
19th	Hungary	6th	6th	17th	29
20th	Azerbaijan	6th	6th	10	22nd
21st	United Kingdom	3	10	15th	28
22nd	Sweden	3	2	10	15th
23	Brazil	3	1	7th	11
24	Chinese Taipei	3	-	3	6th
25th	Poland	2	6th	14th	22nd
26th	Philippines	2	5	10	17th
27	South Korea	2	3	10	15th
28	Puerto Rico	2	1	3	6th
29	Yugoslavia	1	6th	10	17th
30th	Thailand	1	5	9	15th
31	Mongolia	1	4th	7th	12
32	Belarus	1	3	8th	12
33	Armenia	1	1	6th	8th
34	Georgia	1	1	4th	6th
35	Nigeria	1	1	3	5
35	Wales	1	1	3	5
37	Kenya	1	1	0	2
38	Morocco	1	0	3	4th
39	Uganda	1	0	1	2
39	Panama	1	0	1	2
41	Venezuela	0	5	6th	11
41	Netherlands	0	5	6th	11
43	Finland	0	3	6th	9
44	Argentina	0	3	4th	7th
44	Norway	0	3	4th	7th
46	Algeria	0	2	2	4th
47	Australia	0	1	8th	9
48	Denmark	0	1	6th	7th
49	Japan	0	1	5	6th
50	Lithuania	0	1	4th	5
51	Greece	0	1	2	3
52	Colombia	0	1	1	3
52	Croatia	0	1	1	2
52	Ecuador	0	1	1	2
55	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
55	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
57	Egypt	0	0	5	5
58	Czech Republic	0	0	4th	4th
59	Tajikistan	0	0	3	3
60	New Zealand	0	0	2	2
60	Tunisia	0	0	2	2
62	Spain	0	0	1	1
62	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
62	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
62	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
62	Ghana	0	0	1	1
62	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
62	Mexico	0	0	1	1
62	Moldova	0	0	1	1
62	Cambodia	0	0	1	1
62	Pakistan	0	0	1	1
62	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
62	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Total		343	340	686	1369

Web links

• Official website of the AIBA
• Competition results on iat.uni-leipzig.de
• World Championships