AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
The Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, or AIBA Youth World Championships, is a boxing championship event organised by the AIBA for "Youth" competitors who are between the age of 17-19 years old. It is biennially competition which began in 2008 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
History
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.
The Youth World Championships replaced the Junior World Championships which ran from 1979 to 2006.[1]
Competitors compete is 11 weight divisions, which as:
- Light Flyweight -48 kg.
- Flyweight -51 kg.
- Bantamweight -54 kg.
- Featherweight -57 kg.
- Lightweight -60 kg.
- Light welterweight -64 kg.
- Welterweight -69 kg.
- Middleweight -75 kg.
- Light Heavyweight -81 kg.
- Heavyweight -91 kg.
- Super Heavyweight +91 kg.
Editions
World Junior Championship
| Year | Host | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 |  Yokohama, Japan |
December 9 – 16 |
| 1983 |  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
September 17 – 24 |
| 1985 |  Bucharest, Romania |
September 1 - 9 |
| 1987 |  Havana, Cuba |
June 25 – July 6 |
| 1989 |  Bayamon, Puerto Rico |
August 9 - 17 |
| 1990 |  Lima, Peru |
October 13 - 20 |
| 1992 |  Montreal, Canada |
September 25 - October 4 |
| 1994 |  Istanbul, Turkey |
September 8 - 18 |
| 1996 | Havana, Cuba |
November 4 - 10 |
| 1998 |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
November 6 - 16 |
| 2000 |  Budapest, Hungary |
November 5 - 12 |
| 2002 | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
September 15 - 22 |
| 2004 |  Jeju, South Korea |
June 12 - 18 |
| 2006 |  Agadir, Morocco |
September 8 - 18 |
AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
| Year | Edition | Host | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships |  Guadalajara, Mexico |
October 31 – November 1 |
| 2010 | 2010 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships |  Baku, Azerbaijan |
April 20 – May 2 |
| 2012 | 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships |  Yerevan, Armenia |
November 25 – December 8 |
| 2014 | 2014 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships |  Sofia, Bulgaria |
April 14 – 24 |
| 2016 | 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships |  Saint Petersburg, Russia |
TBD |
References
- ↑ "Deadline closes for 2008 Youth World Championships entries". AIBA. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
See also
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