Boxing World Cup

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Boxing World Cup, also sometimes credited as AIBA World Cup, is an international event in boxing, that used to be a team event similar to Davis Cup in tennis in the first two editions, and changed to a competition between top ranked boxers in different weight categories, held by the International Boxing Association.

[edit] History

[edit] The first two editions and the original format. 2005-2007

The first two events took place in 2005 and 2006.

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. Teams represented countries or continents. 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 the 2005 event that took place in Moscow, Russia, the Russian team won. In the next edition that took place in Baku, Kazakhstan, the Cuban team won.

After a new head was elected in the International Boxing Association the event stopped. It didn't take place in 2007.

[edit] Revival and fresh start. 2008-Present

In 2008, it was announced that the event will live, but in a different format. It was announced it will be an event happening once in two years, and the following one being 2008. If before that the competition was between teams, now it will be between the top ranked boxers in their weight categories. The winning country will be the one who took more medals then any other one, without any group stages like before.^{[1] [2]} The place chosen for the event is Moscow.^[3]

[edit] Finalists of the 2005-2006 editions

Year	Edition	Host	Dates	Winner	Runner-Up	Score in The Final
2005	2005 Boxing World Cup	Moscow, Russia	July 12 - 17[4]	Russia	Cuba	7-4[5]
2006	2006 Boxing World Cup	Baku, Azerbaijan[6]	October 15 - 22	Cuba	Russia	6-5[7] [8]

[edit] First Places of the 2008-Present editions

Year	Edition	Host	Dates	First Place	Second Place	Third Place
2008	2008 Boxing World Cup	Moscow, Russia	December 5 - 15[3]

[edit] Winners By Country

Country	First Place	Runner-Up	Third Place	Semi-Final*	Titles Held
Russia	2005	2006	-	-	1
Cuba	2006	2005	-	-	1
Azerbaijan	-	-	2006#	2005	-
Uzbekistan	-	-	-	2005	-
Ukraine	-	-	2006#	-	-

*First event only when there was a group-knock out system and there was a semi-final.

#At the second event the third place was shared between the two teams that finished second in their groups.^[8]

[edit] See also

• World Amateur Boxing Championships

[edit] References

[edit] Link

• The official link of the AIBA World Cup 2005

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