World Boxing Championships
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World Boxing held its first world championships at Liverpool in September 2025, with ten men's and ten women's events. Earlier world championships were run by the IBA (formerly AIBA): men's from 1974 and women's from 2001.
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- Liverpool 2025: 4 medals, 2 gold (Minakshi Hooda, Jaismine Lamboria), 1 silver, 1 bronze; third in the medal table
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India at the World Championships
Liverpool 20251 event
Event Medal Boxer Women's 80 kg Bronze Pooja Rani Liverpool 20251 event
Event Medal Boxer Women's +80 kg Silver Nupur Sheoran Liverpool 20251 event
Event Medal Boxer Women's 57 kg Gold Jaismine Lamboria Liverpool 20251 event
Event Medal Boxer Women's 48 kg Gold Minakshi Hooda
At the IBA championships India won 10 men's medals (1 silver, 9 bronze; 1974 to 2025) and 43 women's medals (14 gold, 8 silver, 21 bronze; 2001 to 2025).
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Liverpool 2025 champions
| Section | Event | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 50 kg | Sanzhar Tashkenbay (Kazakhstan) |
| Men | 55 kg | Makhmud Sabyrkhan (Kazakhstan) |
| Men | 60 kg | Abdumalik Khalokov (Uzbekistan) |
| Men | 65 kg | Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (Uzbekistan) |
| Men | 70 kg | Torekhan Sabyrkhan (Kazakhstan) |
| Men | 75 kg | Fazliddin Erkinboev (Uzbekistan) |
| Men | 80 kg | Javokhir Ummataliev (Uzbekistan) |
| Men | 85 kg | Akmaljon Isroilov (Uzbekistan) |
| Men | 90 kg | Turabek Khabibullaev (Uzbekistan) |
| Men | +90 kg | Aibek Oralbay (Kazakhstan) |
| Women | 48 kg | Minakshi Hooda (India) |
| Women | 51 kg | Alua Balkibekova (Kazakhstan) |
| Women | 54 kg | Huang Hsiao-wen (Chinese Taipei) |
| Women | 57 kg | Jaismine Lamboria (India) |
| Women | 60 kg | Rebeca Santos (Brazil) |
| Women | 65 kg | Aida Abikeyeva (Kazakhstan) |
| Women | 70 kg | Natalya Bogdanova (Kazakhstan) |
| Women | 75 kg | Aoife O'Rourke (Ireland) |
| Women | 80 kg | Eseta Flint (Australia) |
| Women | +80 kg | Agata Kaczmarska (Poland) |
Medal table (Liverpool 2025, top 6)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Brazil | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
History
How it began
The IBA's men's world championships began at Havana in 1974 and its women's at Scranton in 2001. World Boxing, the body the IOC recognised for Los Angeles 2028, held its first championships at Liverpool in 2025.
Champions by era
Cuba leads the IBA men's all-time table with 81 golds, and Félix Savón won six titles (1986 to 1999). Russia leads the women's table with 29 golds.
India's story
Mary Kom won six IBA women's world titles, the most in the women's championships, among eight medals from 2001 to 2019. India hosted the IBA women's championships at New Delhi in 2006, 2018 and 2023. At the first World Boxing championships in 2025 India won two golds, both in women's events.
Firsts and facts
- First World Boxing championships: Liverpool 2025.
- Most women's world titles: Mary Kom (India), six.