Boxing World Cup

The Boxing World Cup was an international boxing event organized by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), featuring boxers competing in different weight divisions. It was held from 1979 to 1998 as an individual competition and from 2002 to 2006 as a team competition. In 2008 the format returned to individual competition, though the team score was still accounted for.

Boxing World Cup
Statusinactive
Genresports event
Date(s)various
Frequencybiannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1979 (1979)
FounderColonel Don Hull
Most recent2008 (2008)
Activityamateur boxing
Organised byAIBA
PeopleAnwar Chowdhry

History

Individual boxers were competing in their weight categories as part of the team competition, with the overall winner decided by the higher number of total wins. Each team represented countries and continents. The number of weight categories differed per Cup. Related type of competition could be considered boxing team duels, often held between countries as part of the final stage of preparation for the World Amateur Boxing Championships.

The event took place only twice, in 2005 and 2006. In 2005, the event that took place in Moscow, Russia, and Russian team won. In the next event, it took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the Cuban team won.

After a new president was elected in the International Boxing Association and the event stopped. It didn't take place in 2007. In 2008, it was announced by the boxing organization that the event would continue on, but in a different competition, which will happen once in two years and the following one being in 2008. It will feature the top ranked boxers competing in this event in their weight categories. The place chosen for the event was Moscow.[1]

Competition format

Certain editions of the World Cup, held in the 1990s, saw individual matches of five two-minute rounds.

Results by year
EditionYearHostVenueDatesWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreThird placeNotesRefs
1 1979 New York City, United States Madison Square Garden October 11–19 United States Soviet Union 7–3 South Korea
Puerto Rico		 Cuba absent [2]
2 1981 Montreal, Canada Maurice Richard Arena November 11–18 Soviet Union Cuba 4–4 United States
Canada		 [3]
3 1983 Rome, Italy Palazzo dello Sport October 17–22 Cuba Soviet Union 4–3 Italy
South Korea		 [4]
4 1985 Seoul, South Korea Jamsil Arena November 2–6 South Korea Soviet Union 4–4 East Germany
United States		 Cuba absent [5]
5 1987 Belgrade, Yugoslavia October 26–31 Cuba East Germany 5–3 Soviet Union
Yugoslavia		 United States absent [6]
6 1990 Havana, Cuba Sports City Coliseum February 18–24 Cuba Soviet Union 4–0 East Germany
Turkey		 1st stage [7]
Dublin, Ireland September 1–8 Cuba East Germany 3–1 West Germany
Soviet Union		 2nd stage [8]
Bombay, India Bombay Gymkhana November 10–17 Cuba United States 3–1 Canada
Bulgaria		 3rd stage [9]
7 1994 Bangkok, Thailand Thammasat Sport Centre June ?–11 Germany Cuba 3–2 Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan		 [10]
8 1998 Chongqing, China June Cuba Thailand 9–1 Uzbekistan
China		 [11]
Beijing, China
9 2002 Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Sports Palace June 3–8 Cuba Kazakhstan 7–5 Thailand
Russia		 [12]
1 (w) 2004 Tonsberg, Norway Quality Hotel April 28 – May 1 China Italy 3–3 Turkey
India		 Cuba absent
Russia absent		 [13]
10 2005 Moscow, Russia Luzhniki Minor Arena July 12–17 Russia Cuba 7–4 Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan		 [14][15]
11 2006 Baku, Azerbaijan Baku Sports Palace October 15–22 Cuba Russia 6–5 Azerbaijan
Ukraine		 [16][17]
12 2008 Moscow, Russia Megasport Sport Palace December 5–15 Cuba Russia 6–3 Armenia
Philippines		 [1]
13 2020 Russia TBA TBA
Note Cuban team did not participate in 1979' and 1985' editions for political reasons, mainly due to the Cuba's government altercations with the United States government. 2004 saw only the female contest.

Statistics by country
Country Winners Runner-up Third place
Cuba 2 (2006, 2008) 1 (2005) –
Russia 1 (2005) 2 (2006, 2008) –
Azerbaijan – – 2 (2005, 2006)
Kazakhstan – – 1 (2005)
Ukraine – – 1 (2006)
Philippines – – 1 (2008)
Armenia – – 1 (2008)
Notes
  • In 2005, there was a group stage followed by knock-out system and there were a semi-finals.
  • In 2006, the third place was shared between the two teams that finished second in their groups.
  • In 2008, the results were based on the medal table after the individual competitions.

United States Olympic Cup
EditionYearHostVenueDatesWinnerFinal scoreNotesRefs
1 1990 Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Palace Exhibition Hall June 23 North America 11–3 North America vs. Europe team duals at the multi-sport event [18]
2 1999 San Diego, California University of California—San Diego September 9–10  Ukraine individual contest at the multi-sport event [19]

See also

References
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