Boxing World Cup
Statusinactive
Genresports event
Datevarious
Frequencybiannual
Locationvarious
First1979
Founder nameColonel Don Hull
Last2008
Attendance.
Activityamateur boxing
OrganisedAIBA
PeopleAnwar Chowdhry

The Boxing World Cup was an international boxing event organized by the AIBA, featuring boxers competing in different weight divisions. It was held from 1979 to 1998 as an individual competition and from 2002 to 2006 as a team competition. In 2008, the format returned to individual competition, though the team score was still accounted for.

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 team represented countries and continents. The 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 IBA World Boxing Championships.

The event took place twelve times, from 1979 to 2008. In 2005, the event took place in Moscow, Russia, and the Russian team won. In the next event was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the Cuban team won.

After a new president was elected in the International Boxing Association and the event stopped. It did not take place in 2007. In 2008, it was announced by the boxing organization that the event would continue on, but in a different competition, which will happen once in two years and the following one being in 2008. It would feature the top ranked boxers competing in this event in their weight categories. The place chosen for the event was Moscow.[1]

Competition format

Certain editions of the World Cup, held in the 1990s, saw individual matches of five two-minute rounds.

Results by year

EditionYearHostVenueDatesWinnerRunner-upFinal scoreThird placeNotesRefs
11979New York City, United StatesMadison Square GardenOctober 11–19United StatesSoviet Union7–3South Korea
Puerto Rico		Cuba absent[2]
21981Montreal, CanadaMaurice Richard ArenaNovember 11–18Soviet UnionCuba4–4United States
Canada		[3]
31983Rome, ItalyPalazzo dello SportOctober 17–22CubaSoviet Union4–3Italy
South Korea		[4]
41985Seoul, South KoreaJamsil ArenaNovember 2–6South KoreaSoviet Union4–4East Germany
United States		Cuba absent[5]
51987Belgrade, YugoslaviaOctober 26–31CubaEast Germany5–3Soviet Union
Yugoslavia		United States absent[6]
61990Havana, CubaSports City ColiseumFebruary 18–24CubaSoviet Union4–0East Germany
Turkey		1st stage[7]
Dublin, IrelandSeptember 1–8CubaEast Germany3–1West Germany
Soviet Union		2nd stage[8]
Bombay, IndiaBombay GymkhanaNovember 10–17CubaUnited States3–1Canada
Bulgaria		3rd stage[9]
71994Bangkok, ThailandThammasat Sport CentreJune ?–11GermanyCuba3–2Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan		[10]
81998Chongqing, ChinaJuneCubaThailand9–1Uzbekistan
China		[11]
Beijing, China
92002Astana, KazakhstanKazakhstan Sports PalaceJune 3–8CubaKazakhstan7–5Thailand
Russia		[12]
1 (w)2004Tonsberg, NorwayQuality HotelApril 28 – May 1ChinaItaly3–3Turkey
India		Cuba absent
Russia absent		[13]
102005Moscow, RussiaLuzhniki Minor ArenaJuly 12–17RussiaCuba7–4Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan		[14][15]
112006Baku, AzerbaijanBaku Sports PalaceOctober 15–22CubaRussia6–5Azerbaijan
Ukraine		[16][17]
122008Moscow, RussiaMegasport Sport PalaceDecember 5–15CubaRussia6–3Armenia
Philippines		[1]

Statistics by country

CountryWinnersRunner-upThird place
Cuba2 (2006, 2008)1 (2005)–
Russia1 (2005)2 (2006, 2008)–
Azerbaijan––2 (2005, 2006)
Armenia––1 (2008)
Notes
  • In 2005, there was a group stage followed by knock-out system and there were a semi-finals.
  • In 2006, the third place was shared between the two teams that finished second in their groups.
  • In 2008, the results were based on the medal table after the individual competitions.

United States Olympic Cup

EditionYearHostVenueDatesWinnerFinal scoreNotesRefs
11990Salt Lake City, UtahSalt Palace Exhibition HallJune 23North America11–3dgrNorth America vs. Europe team duals at the multi-sport event[18]
21999San Diego, CaliforniaUniversity of California—San DiegoSeptember 9–10Ukraineindividual contest at the multi-sport event[19]

See also

References

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  2. ^ World Cup 1979 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  3. ^ World Cup 1981 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  4. ^ World Cup 1983 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  5. ^ World Cup 1985 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  6. ^ World Cup 1987 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  7. ^ World Cup 1990 (Cuba) Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  8. ^ World Cup 1990 (Dublin) Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  9. ^ World Cup 1990 (Bombay) Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  10. ^ World Cup 1994 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on December 20, 2019.
  11. ^ World Cup 1998 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  12. ^ World Cup 2002 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on July 13, 2019.
  13. ^ Female World Cup 2004 Results at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on December 20, 2019.
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  18. ^ Santa Ana Orange County Register Archives, Jun 25, 1990, p. 49
  19. ^ Bank of America - US Olympic Cup - 1999 at Amateur Boxing Results. Retrieved on January 9, 2020.