2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships

The 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 30 April to 14 May 2023. Athletes from all five continents took part in the championship and competed for medals in 13 weight categories, which were approved by the Board of Directors of the International Boxing Association (IBA) in July 2021.^[1][2]

2023 IBA Men's World Amateur Boxing Championships
Venue	Humo Arena
Location	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Dates	30 April – 14 May
Total prize money	5.2 million $
← Belgrade 2021 TBD →

Prize money

Gold medallists received $200,000, with silver medallists receiving the previous champion's purse of $100,000 and bronze medallists taking home $50,000.^[3] Prize money was introduced for the 2021 Men's World Championships and 2022 Women's World Championships as an incentive for boxers to be rewarded at the highest level of the amateur sport.^[4]

Qualification System for Paris 2024

In June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped IBA's rights to run and organize the tournament due to "continuing irregularity issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics, refereeing, and judging".^[5] Hence, the IOC executive board established and ratified a new qualification system for Paris 2024 that would witness the boxers obtain the quota spots through the continental multisport events, reducing the complexity of the process. The qualification period commences at five regional multisport events in the middle of the 2023 season (2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana; 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China; 2023 European Games in Poland; 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands; and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile), set to be served as continental qualifying meets, where a total of 139 spots will be assigned to a specific number of highest-ranked boxers in each weight category. For these reasons, this tournament does not give a quota for the Olympic Games.^[6][7]

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+5).^[8][9]

Date	Mon 1	Tue 2		Wed 3		Thu 4		Fri 5		Sat 6		Sun 7		Mon 8		Tue 9		Wed 10		Thu 11	Fri 12		Sat 13	Sun 14
Event	17:00	13:00	18:00	14:00	18:00	13:00	18:00	13:00	18:00	14:00	18:00	14:00	18:00	14:00	18:00	14:00	18:00	14:00	18:00		14:00	18:00	17:00	17:00
Minimumweight						R32									R16				QF			SF		F
Flyweight						R64						R32				R16		QF			SF		F
Bantamweight					R64									R32			R16		QF			SF		F
Featherweight	R64							R32				R16						QF			SF		F
Lightweight	R64			R32											R16				QF			SF		F
Light welterweight		R64				R32				R16								QF			SF		F
Welterweight					R64					R32							R16		QF			SF		F
Light middleweight				R64						R32						R16		QF			SF		F
Middleweight			R64									R32					R16		QF			SF		F
Light heavyweight		R64						R32								R16		QF			SF		F
Cruiserweight		R32													R16				QF			SF		F
Heavyweight	R64							R32						R16				QF			SF		F
Super heavyweight	R64					R32							R16						QF			SF		F

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Uzbekistan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Uzbekistan*	5	2	2	9
2	Kazakhstan	4	1	0	5
3	Russia	2	0	4	6
4	Cuba	1	3	2	6
5	France	1	1	1	3
6	Georgia	0	1	2	3
7	Azerbaijan	0	1	1	2
	Brazil	0	1	1	2
	Mongolia	0	1	1	2
10	China	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
12	India	0	0	3	3
	Spain	0	0	3	3
14	Armenia	0	0	2	2
15	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		13	13	26	52

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Minimumweight details	Sanzhar Tashkenbay  Kazakhstan	Sakhil Alakhverdovi  Georgia	Alejandro Claro  Cuba
			Edmond Khudoyan  Russia
Flyweight details	Hasanboy Dusmatov  Uzbekistan	Billal Bennama  France	Deepak Bhoria  India
			Martín Molina  Spain
Bantamweight details	Makhmud Sabyrkhan  Kazakhstan	Oybek Juraev  Uzbekistan	Yosvany Veitia  Cuba
			Dmitry Dvali  Russia
Featherweight details	Abdumalik Khalokov  Uzbekistan	Saidel Horta  Cuba	Mohammad Hussamuddin  India
			Munarbek Seitbek Uulu  Kyrgyzstan
Lightweight details	Sofiane Oumiha  France	Erislandy Álvarez  Cuba	Mohammad Abu Jajeh  Jordan
			Vsevolod Shumkov  Russia
Light welterweight details	Ruslan Abdullaev  Uzbekistan	Baatarsükhiin Chinzorig  Mongolia	Hovhannes Bachkov  Armenia
			Bakhodur Usmonov  Tajikistan
Welterweight details	Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev  Uzbekistan	Dulat Bekbauov  Kazakhstan	Lasha Guruli  Georgia
			Battömöriin Misheelt  Mongolia
Light middleweight details	Aslanbek Shymbergenov  Kazakhstan	Saidjamshid Jafarov  Uzbekistan	Nishant Dev  India
			Wanderson de Oliveira  Brazil
Middleweight details	Yoenlis Hernández  Cuba	Wanderley Pereira  Brazil	Alokhon Abdullaev  Uzbekistan
			Moreno Fendero  France
Light heavyweight details	Nurbek Oralbay  Kazakhstan	Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan  China	Gazimagomed Jalidov  Spain
			Imam Khataev  Russia
Cruiserweight details	Sharabutdin Ataev  Russia	Loren Alfonso  Azerbaijan	Georgii Kushitashvili  Georgia
			Rogelio Romero  Mexico
Heavyweight details	Muslim Gadzhimagomedov  Russia	Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine  Italy	Lazizbek Mullojonov  Uzbekistan
			Narek Manasyan  Armenia
Super heavyweight details	Bakhodir Jalolov  Uzbekistan	Fernando Arzola  Cuba	Mahammad Abdullayev  Azerbaijan
			Ayoub Ghadfa  Spain

Participating nations

538 athletes from 107 countries participated in the championships.

1. Afghanistan (2)
2.  Albania (6)
3.  Algeria (7)
4.  Angola (2)
5.  Antigua and Barbuda (1)
6.  Armenia (11)
7.  Australia (9)
8.  Austria (4)
9.  Azerbaijan (13)
10.  Bahamas (1)
11.  Bahrain (2)
12.  Barbados (1)
13.  Belarus (8)
14.  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
15.  Botswana (4)
16.  Brazil (7)
17.  Bulgaria (10)
18.  Burundi (3)
19.  Cameroon (4)
20.  Cape Verde (1)
21.  China (10)
22.  Chinese Taipei (8)
23.  Colombia (5)
24.  Comoros (3)
25.  Cook Islands (1)
26.  Croatia (3)
27.  Cuba (13)
28.  Cyprus (1)
29.  Democratic Republic of the Congo (7)
30.  Dominican Republic (9)
31.  Ecuador (6)
32.  Egypt (2)
33.  El Salvador (3)
34.  Eswatini (4)
35.  Ethiopia (3)
36.  Fiji (2)
37.  France (11)
38.  French Polynesia (1)
39.  Gambia (3)
40.  Georgia (10)
41.  Germany (2)^[a]
42.  Ghana (6)
43.  Greece (3)
44.  Guatemala (3)
45.  Guinea (2)
46.  Guyana (2)
47.  Haiti (2)
48.  Hong Kong (3)
49.  Hungary (7)
50.  India (13)
51.  Indonesia (4)
52.  Iran (7)
53.  Israel (5)
54.  Italy (6)
55.  Jamaica (2)
56.  Japan (9)
57.  Jordan (11)
58.  Kazakhstan (13)
59.  Kenya (8)
60.  Kyrgyzstan (13)
61.  Lesotho (3)
62.  Luxembourg (1)
63.  Mali (1)
64.  Mauritius (2)
65.  Mexico (9)
66.  Moldova (10)
67.  Mongolia (10)
68.  Montenegro (1)
69.  Morocco (7)
70.  Mozambique (4)
71.  Nepal (2)
72.  Niger (1)
73.  Nigeria (3)
74.  North Macedonia (2)
75.  Pakistan (1)
76.  Palestine (3)
77.  Panama (2)
78.  Paraguay (3)
79.  Poland (1)^[a]
80.  Puerto Rico (3)
81.  Romania (3)
82.  Russia (13)
83.  Saint Lucia (1)
84.  Scotland (1)^[a]
85.  Senegal (4)
86.  Serbia (9)
87.  Sierra Leone (2)
88.  Slovenia (2)
89.  South Africa (4)
90.  South Korea (11)
91.  Spain (11)
92.  Sri Lanka (1)
93.  Sweden (2)^[a]
94.  Syria (3)
95.  Tajikistan (12)
96.  Tanzania (4)
97.  Thailand (6)
98.  Tonga (1)
99.  Trinidad and Tobago (7)
100.  Turkey (11)
101.  Turkmenistan (10)
102.  Uganda (1)
103.  United Arab Emirates (3)
104.  Uzbekistan (13)
105.  Venezuela (3)
106.  Zambia (3)
107.  Zimbabwe (4)

Controversies

Boycott due to participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus

countries that boycotted the tournament are shaded blue

Ignoring Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent recommendations of the International Olympic Committee to bar Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing under their national flags and for the anthems to be played,^[11] the International Boxing Association under the leadership of Russian Umar Kremlev allowed them to compete with no restrictions. In the aftermath, 19 countries (21 national federations) decided to boycott the championship over IBA's decision.^[12][13]

The nations that boycotted the tournament were:

•  Argentina
•  Canada
•  Czech Republic
•  Denmark
•  Finland
•  Germany^[a]
•  Great Britain
  •  England
  •  Scotland^[a]
  •  Wales
•  Iceland
•  Ireland
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Netherlands
•  New Zealand
•  Norway
•  Poland^[a]
•  Sweden^[a]
•  Switzerland
•  Ukraine
•  United States

Kosovo's non-participation

Kosovo did not attend in protest at the Uzbekistani authorities' request to issue a visa to enter the country and to ban the use of the flag and national anthem.^[14]

Host country attitude

"Uzbekistan is a country that adheres to international sports norms and supports the principle of sports being free from politics."^[15]

Shohid Tillaboev Secretary General of Uzbekistan Boxing Federation.

Notes

1. Six boxers from four boycotting national federations (Germany, Poland, Scotland and Sweden) competed at the World Championships through the Financial Support Programme (FSP) aided by the International Boxing Association (IBA).^[10]