Boxing World Cup

Boxing World Cup is an international boxing event which features boxers competing in different weight divisions, organized by the International Boxing Association.

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 teams represented countries and 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, the event that took place in Moscow, Russia and Russian team won. In the next event, it took place in Baku, Kazakhstan 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 will 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.^{[1] [2]} The place chosen for the event was Moscow.^[3]

Finalists in 2005-2006

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]

Winner

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

Winners by country

Country	First Place	Runner-Up	Third Place	Semi-Final*	Titles Held
Cuba	2006 2008	2005	-	-	2
Russia	2005	2006 2008	-	-	1
Azerbaijan	-	-	2006**	2005	-
Ukraine	-	-	2006**	-
Philippines	-	-	2008	-	-
Armenia	-	-	2008	-	-
Uzbekistan	-	-	-	2005	-

*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]

See also

• World Amateur Boxing Championships

References

1. ^ http://www.abae.co.uk/News_Archive/2008/March/News/Qualified_boxers_meet_AIBA_president.asp
2. ^ http://www.allsport.ru/index.php?id=12301
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.ciherald.co.ck/articles/h395j.htm
4. ^ http://aiba-moscow.com/schedule.shtml
5. ^ http://aiba-moscow.com/results.shtml
6. ^ http://www.magsport.ru/modules/news2/article.php?storyid=1281
7. ^ http://www.boxnews.com.ua/forum/new/showthread.php?t=199
8. ^ ^{a b} http://rusboxing.ru/news.php?readmore=223

External links

• Aiba-Moscow official website