Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships
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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 under the age of 19 years old. It is biennially competition which began in 2008 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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.
Competitors compete is 11 weight divisions, which as:
International Boxing Association
The International Boxing Association is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...
for "Youth" competitors who are under the age of 19 years old. It is biennially competition which began in 2008 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA
International Boxing Association
The International Boxing Association is a for-profit organization that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.- Origins :...
and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships
World Amateur Boxing Championships
The World Amateur Boxing Championships is a biennial amateur boxing competition organised by the International Boxing Association , which is the sport governing body. Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, it is the highest level of competition for the sport...
.
The Youth World Championships replaced the Junior World Championships which ran from 1979 to 2006.
Competitors compete is 11 weight divisions, which as:
- Light FlyweightLight flyweight- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...
-48 kg. - FlyweightFlyweightFlyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:...
-51 kg. - BantamweightBantamweightBantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...
-54 kg. - FeatherweightFeatherweightFeatherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
-57 kg. - LightweightLightweightLight-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
-60 kg. - Light welterweightLight welterweight-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...
-64 kg. - WelterweightWelterweightWelterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
-69 kg. - MiddleweightMiddleweightMiddleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
-75 kg. - Light HeavyweightLight heavyweightIn boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...
-81 kg. - HeavyweightHeavyweightHeavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...
-91 kg. - Super HeavyweightSuper heavyweightIn amateur boxing, the super heavyweight division is a weight class division for fighters weighing in excess of 91 kilograms . Introduced for the 1984 Summer Olympics, the division, despite its grandiose name, is merely the amateur equivalent of the professional heavyweight division...
+91 kg.
| Year | Edition | Host | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 2008 in sports 2008 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* Louisiana State University Tigers defeat The Ohio State University Buckeyes 38-24 in the 2008 BCS National Championship Game, thus becoming the first two-time BCS National Champions, and the first BCS titlists with two... |
1. Youth World Championships 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 31 to November 1, 2008.It was the first edition of the Youth World Championships which had taken over from the Junior World Championship.... |
 Guadalajara, Mexico |
October 31 - November 1 |
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2. Youth World Championships 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships The 2010 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 25 to May 3, 2010.It was the second edition of the Youth World Championships which had taken over from the Junior World Championship.... |
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April 20 - May 2 |
See also
- European Amateur Boxing ChampionshipsEuropean Amateur Boxing ChampionshipsThe European Amateur Boxing Championships is the highest competition for boxing amateurs in Europe, organised by the continent's governing body EUBC, which stands for the European Boxing Confederation...
- World Amateur Boxing ChampionshipsWorld Amateur Boxing ChampionshipsThe World Amateur Boxing Championships is a biennial amateur boxing competition organised by the International Boxing Association , which is the sport governing body. Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, it is the highest level of competition for the sport...
- Boxing World CupBoxing World CupBoxing World Cup is an international boxing event which features boxers competing in different weight divisions, organized by the International Boxing Association.- History :...