Strandzha Cup

The Strandzha Cup (Bulgarian: Купа Странджа, also spelled Strandja Cup and officially known as the Strandja Memorial) is an international amateur boxing tournament held annually in Bulgaria. It often determines who will qualify to compete at the upcoming summer Olympic games. The Strandja Cup is the oldest international amateur boxing competition in Europe.^{[citation needed]} The first tournament was held in 1950 at the "Yunak" stadium in Sofia. The trophy is awarded to the best boxer of the tournament. The first cup was awarded to Hristo Popov, born 1931.

Past editions of the tournament

Year	Host City	Strandja Cup Winner
2015	Sofia	Simeon Chamov
2014	Sofia	Tervel Pulev
2013	Sofia	Alexandur Alexandrov
2012	Sofia	Stefan Ivanov
2011	Pazardjik	Tervel Pulev
2010	Yambol	Detelin Dalakliev
2009	Plovdiv	Lyeben Todorov
2008	Plovdiv	Oleksandr Usyk

Past Strandja Memorial Editions

Host cities

• Sofia - 41 times
• Plovdiv - 9 times
• Yambol - 6 times
• Gabrovo - 1 times
• Veliko Tarnovo - 1 times
• Pleven - 1 times
• Burgas - 1 times

Most successful fighters

• * means current champion
• Tsacho Andreikovski - 4 titles (1974, 1976, 1978, 1979)
• Daniel Petrov - 4 titles (1994, 1997, 1998, 1999)
• Serafim Todorov - 3 titles (1989, 1993, 1996)
• Beatriz Ferreira- 3 titles (2019, 2021,2023*)
• Amit Panghal- 3 titles (2018, 2019, 2024)

Notable participants

• Anatoli Bulakov
• Armando Martinez
• Petar Lesov
• Tontcho Tontchev
• Dimitar Stilianov
• Serafim Todorov
• Boris Georgiev
• Kubrat Pulev
• Amir Khan
• David Price
• Alexander Povetkin
• Roberto Cammarelle
• Billy Joe Saunders
• Oleksandr Usyk
• Wladimir Klitschko
• Félix Savón
• Ruslan Chagaev
• Vadim Musaev
• Beatriz Ferreira
• Amit Panghal

See also