2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships
# 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships

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

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Nanao Singh India | Grigoriy Nikolaychuk Russia | Luis Diaz Dominican Republic Jeremy Beccu France |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Jonathan González Puerto Rico | Yunier Robles Gongora Cuba | Bunyodbek Mashrapov Uzbekistan Adam Lopez USA |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Magomed Kurbanov Russia | Andrei Razvan Romania | Timacoy Williams Australia Matti Koota Finland |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Óscar Valdez Mexico | Maxim Dadashev Russia | Marin Dragos Romania Oleg Sheffer Ukraine |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Raymond Moylette Ireland | Daniyar Yeleussinov Kazakhstan | Vage Saruhanyan Russia Alexey Haletsich Belarus |
| Light Welterweight (– 64 kilograms) | Frank Isla Cuba | Jamie Kavanagh Ireland | Zdenek Chladek Czech Republic Uktamjon Rahmonov Uzbekistan |
| Welterweight (– 69 kilograms) | Óscar Molina Mexico | Boturjon Mahmudov Uzbekistan | David Joe Joyce Ireland Sadulai Abdulai Germany |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Rey Eduardo Recio Cuba | Enrico Koelling Germany | Dmitry Bivol Russia Luis Arias USA |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Jose Larduet Cuba | Marten Magomedov Russia | Tommy McCarthy Ireland Gianluca Rosciglione Italy |
| Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | Erislandy Savón Cuba | Ivan Dychko Kazakhstan | Aurel Manole Romania Marcin Siwy Poland |
| Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) | Joseph Dawejko USA | Eric Brechlin Germany | Omar Ibanez Cuba Egor Plevako Ukraine |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |
