2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships

The 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia from 25 October to 6 November. Belgrade was picked to host the championships for the second time; the original 2021 contract with New Delhi was cancelled due to a disagreement between AIBA and the Boxing Federation of India over hosting fees. AIBA also demanded the BFI pay a cancellation penalty of US$500,000.

2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships
Venue	Štark Arena
Location	Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	25 October – 6 November
Competitors	510
Teams	88

For the first time in AIBA’s 75-year history, medal winners were awarded prize money; gold medallists earn $100,000, silver medallists $50,000, and bronze medallists $25,000. The overall prize fund was worth $2.6 million.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Serbia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	3	0	2	5
2	Kazakhstan	2	2	1	5
3	United States	2	2	0	4
4	Japan	2	0	0	2
5	Russian Boxing Federation	1	2	2	5
6	Azerbaijan	1	0	2	3
	France	1	0	2	3
8	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
9	Thailand Boxing Federation	0	1	2	3
10	Armenia	0	1	1	2
	Belarus	0	1	1	2
	Italy	0	1	1	2
	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
14	Brazil	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
16	Georgia	0	0	2	2
17	Albania	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
	Serbia*	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		13	13	26	52

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Minimumweight	Temirtas Zhussupov Kazakhstan	Wuttichai Yurachai Thailand Boxing Federation	Yauheni Karmilchyk Belarus
			Sakhil Alakhverdovi Georgia
Flyweight	Saken Bibossinov Kazakhstan	Roscoe Hill United States	Thanarat Saengphet Thailand Boxing Federation
			Akhtem Zakirov Russian Boxing Federation
Bantamweight	Tomoya Tsuboi Japan	Makhmud Sabyrkhan Kazakhstan	Billal Bennama France
			Akash Kumar India
Featherweight	Jahmal Harvey United States	Serik Temirzhanov Kazakhstan	Samuel Kistohurry France
			Osvel Caballero Cuba
Lightweight	Sofiane Oumiha France	Abdumalik Khalokov Uzbekistan	Alexy de la Cruz Dominican Republic
			Danial Shahbakhsh Iran
Light welterweight	Andy Cruz Cuba	Kerem Özmen Turkey	Hovhannes Bachkov Armenia
			Reese Lynch Scotland
Welterweight	Sewon Okazawa Japan	Omari Jones United States	Ablaikhan Zhussupov Kazakhstan
			Lasha Guruli Georgia
Light middleweight	Yurii Zakharieiev Ukraine	Vadim Musaev Russian Boxing Federation	Sarkhan Aliyev Azerbaijan
			Alban Beqiri Albania
Middleweight	Yoenlis Hernández Cuba	Dzhambulat Bizhamov Russian Boxing Federation	Salvatore Cavallaro Italy
			Weerapon Jongjoho Thailand Boxing Federation
Light heavyweight	Robby Gonzales United States	Aliaksei Alfiorau Belarus	Vladimir Mironchikov Serbia
			Savelii Sadoma Russian Boxing Federation
Cruiserweight	Loren Alfonso Azerbaijan	Keno Machado Brazil	Herich Ruiz Cuba
			Victor Schelstraete Belgium
Heavyweight	Julio César La Cruz Cuba	Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine Italy	Madiyar Saydrakhimov Uzbekistan
			Enmanuel Reyes Spain
Super heavyweight	Mark Petrovskii Russian Boxing Federation	Davit Chaloyan Armenia	Nigel Paul Trinidad and Tobago
			Mahammad Abdullayev Azerbaijan

Controversies

The Kosovo boxing team was prevented from competing at the tournament despite Serbia's hosting contract requiring Serbia to allow all teams to compete. (The contract further requires that all teams be allowed to compete under their own flags and explicitly includes Kosovo; AIBA recognizes the Kosovo Boxing Federation as a full member.) Two days prior to the tournament, the Kosovo boxing team was denied entry into Serbia at border control, effectively shutting them out of the tournament. During negotiations between AIBA and Serbia, Serbia stated to AIBA that Kosovo would not be allowed to compete except under the AIBA flag; this was rejected by Kosovo. One day prior to the tournament, AIBA suggested a compromise to Serbia where Kosovo would compete under "a neutral flag" (similar to Russia's situation); this was rejected by Serbia.

In December 2021 after the tournament, the International Olympic Committee sent a letter to Serbia condemning the incident.

Participating nations

510 athletes from 86 countries and two AIBA Fair Chance Teams participated in the championships:

1. AIBA Fair Chance Team 1 (9)
2. AIBA Fair Chance Team 2 (1)
3. Albania (3)
4. Armenia (11)
5. Austria (1)
6. Azerbaijan (9)
7. Bahamas (2)
8. Barbados (2)
9. Belarus (6)
10. Belgium (3)
11. Bosnia and Herzegovina (3)
12. Brazil (10)
13. Bulgaria (8)
14. Cameroon (3)
15. Chinese Taipei (10)
16. Colombia (8)
17. Croatia (10)
18. Cuba (8)
19. Cyprus (4)
20. Czech Republic (1)
21. Democratic Republic of the Congo (5)
22. Dominican Republic (2)
23. Ecuador (9)
24. England (9)
25. Estonia (2)
26. Finland (3)
27. France (6)
28. Gambia (1)
29. Georgia (7)
30. Germany (13)
31. Greece (4)
32. Guatemala (3)
33. Guyana (2)
34. Haiti (1)
35. Hong Kong (1)
36. Hungary (10)
37. India (13)
38. Iran (10)
39. Iraq (1)
40. Ireland (7)
41. Israel (4)
42. Italy (11)
43. Jamaica (3)
44. Japan (10)
45. Jordan (4)
46. Kazakhstan (13)
47. Kenya (13)
48. Kyrgyzstan (12)
49. Laos (1)
50. Lithuania (8)
51. Luxembourg (1)
52. Mali (1)
53. Mauritius (3)
54. Mexico (9)
55. Moldova (8)
56. Mongolia (8)
57. Montenegro (2)
58. Nepal (4)
59. Nicaragua (1)
60. North Macedonia (2)
61. Norway (3)
62. Pakistan (1)
63. Palestine (1)
64. Panama (3)
65. Poland (8)
66. Puerto Rico (4)
67. Romania (2)
68. Russian Boxing Federation (13)
69. Saint Lucia (1)
70. Scotland (6)
71. Serbia (12)
72. Seychelles (3)
73. Sierra Leone (6)
74. Slovakia (5)
75. Slovenia (7)
76. Somalia (2)
77. South Korea (7)
78. Spain (8)
79. Sri Lanka (1)
80. Tajikistan (8)
81. Tanzania (3)
82. Thailand Boxing Federation (10)
83. Trinidad and Tobago (5)
84. Turkey (13)
85. Ukraine (13)
86. United States (9)
87. Uzbekistan (13)
88. Venezuela (4)

External links

• Team Delegation Handbook Archived 21 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• AIBA Website Archived 19 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• Results Book