The 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships were held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 31 to November 1, 2008. It was the first edition of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which had taken over from the Junior World Championship. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships.

A total of 359 fighters from 68 different countries registered to compete in the inaugural edition of the competition.[1]

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight
( 48 kilograms)
India Nanao Singh
India
Russia Grigoriy Nikolaychuk
Russia
Dominican Republic Luis Diaz
Dominican Republic

France Jeremy Beccu
France

Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Puerto Rico Jonathan González
Puerto Rico
Cuba Yunier Robles Gongora
Cuba
Uzbekistan Bunyodbek Mashrapov
Uzbekistan

United States Adam Lopez
USA

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Russia Magomed Kurbanov
Russia
Romania Andrei Razvan
Romania
Australia Timacoy Williams
Australia

Finland Matti Koota
Finland

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Mexico Óscar Valdez
Mexico
Russia Maxim Dadashev
Russia
Romania Marin Dragos
Romania

Ukraine Oleg Sheffer
Ukraine

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Republic of Ireland Raymond Moylette
Ireland
Kazakhstan Daniyar Yeleussinov
Kazakhstan
Russia Vage Saruhanyan
Russia

Belarus Alexey Haletsich
Belarus

Light Welterweight
( 64 kilograms)
Cuba Frank Isla
Cuba
Republic of Ireland Jamie Kavanagh
Ireland
Czech Republic Zdenek Chladek
Czech Republic

Uzbekistan Uktamjon Rahmonov
Uzbekistan

Welterweight
( 69 kilograms)
Mexico Óscar Molina
Mexico
Uzbekistan Boturjon Mahmudov
Uzbekistan
Republic of Ireland David Joe Joyce
Ireland

Germany Sadulai Abdulai
Germany

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Cuba Rey Eduardo Recio
Cuba
Germany Enrico Koelling
Germany
Russia Dmitry Bivol
Russia

United States Luis Arias
USA

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Cuba Jose Larduet
Cuba
Russia Marten Magomedov
Russia
Republic of Ireland Tommy McCarthy
Ireland

Italy Gianluca Rosciglione
Italy

Heavyweight
( 91 kilograms)
Cuba Erislandy Savón
Cuba
Kazakhstan Ivan Dychko
Kazakhstan
Romania Aurel Manole
Romania

Poland Marcin Siwy
Poland

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
United States Joseph Dawejko
USA
Germany Eric Brechlin
Germany
Cuba Omar Ibanez
Cuba

Ukraine Egor Plevako
Ukraine

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)4116
2 Mexico (MEX)2002
3 Russia (RUS)1326
4 Ireland (IRL)1124
5 United States (USA)1023
6 India (IND)1001
 Puerto Rico (PUR)1001
8 Germany (GER)0213
9 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0202
10 Romania (ROU)0123
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0123
12 Ukraine (UKR)0022
13 Australia (AUS)0011
 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
 Dominican Republic (DOM)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
Totals (20 entries)11112244

See also

References

  1. "Deadline closes for 2008 Youth World Championships entries". AIBA. 2008-09-29. Archived from the original on 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2009-02-06.

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