1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships
# 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from August 17 to 30. The first edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. A total number of 274 boxers from 45 countries entered.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Jorge Hernández Cuba | Stephen Muchoki Kenya | Enrique Rodríguez Spain Yevgeni Yudin Soviet Union |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Douglas Rodríguez Cuba | Alfredo Pérez Venezuela | Vladislav Zasypko Soviet Union Constantin Gruiescu Romania |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Wilfredo Gómez Puerto Rico | Luis Jorge Romero Cuba | Aldo Cosentino France David Torosyan Soviet Union |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Howard Davis United States | Boris Kuznetsov Soviet Union | Mariano Álvarez Cuba Rigoberto Garibaldi Panama |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Vassily Solomin Soviet Union | Simion Cuţov Romania | Luis Echaide Cuba José Luis Vellon Puerto Rico |
| Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kilograms) | Ayub Kalule Uganda | Vladimir Kolev Bulgaria | Ulrich Beyer East Germany Amon Kotey Ghana |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Emilio Correa Cuba | Clinton Jackson United States | Plamen Yankov Bulgaria Zbigniew Kicka Poland |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Rolando Garbey Cuba | Alfredo Lemus Venezuela | Anatoliy Klimanov Soviet Union Joseph Nsubuga Uganda |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Rufat Riskiyev Soviet Union | Alec Năstac Romania | Bernd Wittenburg East Germany Dragomir Vujković Yugoslavia |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Mate Parlov Yugoslavia | Oleg Korotayev Soviet Union | Ottomar Sachse East Germany Leon Spinks United States |
| Heavyweight (> 81 kilograms) | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Marvin Stinson United States | Fatai Ayinla Nigeria Rajko Miljić Yugoslavia |
