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.
Medal winners Light Flyweight(– 48 kilograms) Nanao SinghIndia Grigoriy NikolaychukRussia Luis DiazDominican Republic Jeremy BeccuFrance Flyweight(– 51 kilograms) Jonathan GonzálezPuerto Rico Yunier Robles GongoraCuba Bunyodbek MashrapovUzbekistan Adam LopezUSA Bantamweight(– 54 kilograms) Magomed KurbanovRussia Andrei RazvanRomania Timacoy WilliamsAustralia Matti KootaFinland Featherweight(– 57 kilograms) Óscar ValdezMexico Maxim DadashevRussia Marin DragosRomania Oleg ShefferUkraine Lightweight(– 60 kilograms) Raymond MoyletteIreland Daniyar YeleussinovKazakhstan Vage SaruhanyanRussia Alexey HaletsichBelarus Light Welterweight(– 64 kilograms) Frank IslaCuba Jamie KavanaghIreland Zdenek ChladekCzech Republic Uktamjon RahmonovUzbekistan Welterweight(– 69 kilograms) Óscar MolinaMexico Botirjon MakhmudovUzbekistan David Joe JoyceIreland Sadulai AbdulaiGermany Middleweight(– 75 kilograms) Rey Eduardo RecioCuba Enrico KoellingGermany Dmitry BivolRussia Luis AriasUSA Light Heavyweight(– 81 kilograms) Jose LarduetCuba Marten MagomedovRussia Tommy McCarthyIreland Gianluca RosciglioneItaly Heavyweight(– 91 kilograms) Erislandy SavónCuba Ivan DychkoKazakhstan Aurel ManoleRomania Marcin SiwyPoland Super Heavyweight(+ 91 kilograms) Joseph DawejkoUSA Eric BrechlinGermany Omar IbanezCuba Egor PlevakoUkraine
Medal table
See also World Amateur Boxing Championships
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