World Amateur Boxing Championships

The World Amateur Boxing Championships is a biennial amateur boxing competition organised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), which is the sport governing body. Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, it is the highest level of competition for the sport. The championships was first held in 1974 Havana, Cuba as a men's only event and the first women's championships was held over a quarter of a century later in 2001. The men's and women's competitions are held separately and since 2006 the biennial championships have been held in alternating years.

The number of weight categories was reduced from twelve to eleven in 2003 with the removal of the light middleweight division (−71 kg).

Men's editions

Italian Roberto Cammarelle won the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2007 and 2009 as a super heavyweight.

Year	Edition	Host	Date
1974	1. World Championships	Havana, Cuba	August 17–30
1978	2. World Championships	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	May 6–20
1982	3. World Championships	Munich, West Germany	May 4–15
1986	4. World Championships	Reno, United States	May 8–18
1989	5. World Championships	Moscow, Soviet Union	September 17 – October 1
1991	6. World Championships	Sydney, Australia	November 14–23
1993	7. World Championships	Tampere, Finland	May 7–16
1995	8. World Championships	Berlin, Germany	May 4–15
1997	9. World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	October 18–26
1999	10. World Championships	Houston, United States	August 15–29
2001	11. World Championships	Belfast, United Kingdom	June 3–10
2003	12. World Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	July 6–13
2005	13. World Championships	Mianyang, China	November 13–20
2007	14. World Championships	Chicago, United States	October 23 – November 3
2009	15. World Championships	Milan, Italy	September 1 – September 12
2011	16. World Championships	Baku, Azerbaijan	September 22 – October 10
2013	17. World Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan

Women's editions

Year	Edition	Host	Date
2001	1. World Championships	Scranton, United States	November 24 – December 2
2002	2. World Championships	Antalya, Turkey	October 21–27
2005	3. World Championships	Podolsk, Russia	September 26 – October 2
2006	4. World Championships	New Delhi, India	November 18–23
2008	5. World Championships	Ningbo, People's Republic of China	November 22–29
2010	6. World Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	September 10–18
2012	7. World Championships	Qinhuangdao, People's Republic of China	May 21 - June 3

Medal table (2001- 2010)

Women's World Boxing Championship
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	17	7	15	39
2	China	8	7	11	26
3	India	8	3	13	24
4	Canada	7	2	14	23
5	North Korea	6	7	6	19
6	Turkey	5	5	7	17
7	Hungary	3	5	10	18
8	Sweden	3	2	5	10
9	Italy	3	1	1	5
10	Ireland	3	0	0	3
11	Ukraine	2	6	9	17
12	United States	2	5	11	18
13	France	2	3	1	6
14	Romania	1	4	8	13
15	Mongolia	1	2	1	4
16	Poland	1	1	5	7
17	Belarus	1	1	0	2
18	Brazil	1	0	1	2
18	Norway	0	3	1	4
20	England	0	3	0	3
21	Argentina	0	2	3	5
22	Philippines	0	1	7	8
23	Denmark	0	1	5	6
24	Kazakhstan	0	1	3	4
25	Greece	0	1	2	3
26	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
26	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
28	Egypt	0	0	2	2
29	Finland	0	0	1	1
29	Moldova	0	0	1	1
29	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
29	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
29	Thailand	0	0	1	1
29	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
	Total	73	73	146	292

See also

• European Amateur Boxing Championships
• European Union Amateur Boxing Championships
• Boxing World Cup