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This event will be the first of its kind and takes place ahead of next year’s London 2012 Olympic Games where we will see women’s boxing included in the program. Since this decision was taken, a considerable rise in the popularity of women’s boxing has been seen and this event will allow us to prove that such popularity extends from the grassroots level up to the very pinnacle of the sport.

The beautiful coastal town of Antalya will provide a great setting for showing off the skills of our young athletes to the world. The 1st edition of the AIBA Women’s Junior/Youth World Boxing Championships will be held from April 21 – May 1, 2011.

AIBA launched the Road to Dream programs in 2009. These programs give the opportunity to boxers and coaches from developing AIBA National Member Federations to participate in training camps and AIBA major competitions.

Boxers and coaches, invited by AIBA, can develop their skills and knowledge of boxing. For the inaugural AIBA Women’s Junior & Youth World Championships, the “Road to Antalya” training camp is being held from April 11 to 21.

The participants are 23 women boxers, born between 1993 and 1996, and 7 coaches from 13 countries. The program is led by Mrs. Christy Lynn Halbert from USA as Head Coach, Mr. In Ho Cheon from the Republic of Korea as Assistant Coach and two Turkish coaches: Mr. Yasar Giritli and Ahmet Cinar.

The 2013 AIBA Women’s Junior/Youth World Boxing Championships will be organised in the city of Albena, Bulgaria, between 20 and 29 September 2013. The AIBA Women’s Junior World Championships are staged over 13 weight categories: 44-46kg, 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and 80+kg. Bouts are held over three rounds of two minutes with a one-minute rest between rounds. Boxers born between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1998 can register.

The AIBA Women’s Youth World Championships are staged over 10 weight categories: 45-48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg and 81+kg. Bouts are held over four rounds of two minutes with a one-minute rest between rounds. Boxers born between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 1996 can register.

Meanwhile India had the highest points per boxer with 4.2 points with Cuba (3.6) and Azerbaijan (2.8) filling the podium places.

The final curtain came down on the 6th AIBA Cadet World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday amongst joyous scenes with nine different countries walking away with gold medals.

Thirteen nations were represented in the finals of the 13 different weight catagories, before Azerbaijan, India, Russia and the Ukraine led the gold medal count with two a piece while USA, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Cuba and Puerto Rico all claimed one each.

India’s Vipin Kumar (50kg) was named the tournament’s best boxer while hosts Azerbaijan topped the points and medal ranking by with 36 points followed by Russia (27 points) and Uzbekistan (24 points).

Points are earnt acording to the following criteria.

• Preliminary Win = One Point
• Quarterfinal Win = One Point
• Semifinal Win = Two Points
• Final Win = Three Points

Tournament dates: May 23-30, 2009 (arrival on May 21st, 22nd, and departure on May 31st, 2009)

Venue:  Sport-Concert Complex named after Karen Demirchyan (see two pictures in the page)

Rules and Events of Competition: The event will be held according to the International Competition Rules of AIBA

Age category: boxers between 15 and 16 (athletes born between January 1st, 1993 and December 31st, 1994)

The second AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships will be held from July 20 – July 31, 2011 in Astana, Kazakhstan.Junior level boxing is crucial to build the future of the elite boxing level and AIBA is highly pleased with the increasing number of participation at the grassroots level.

We look forward to welcoming the world’s best Junior boxers to the beautiful Kazakh capital in July.

The AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships, held every two years, goes back to 2001 with its debut in Baku (Azerbaijan) but was formerly called the AIBA Cadet World Championships.The competition welcomes international boxers aged 15 and 16 in 13 weight categories. It is an occasion to celebrate boxing’s youngest practitioners on the international stage.

Boxing at this level is traditionally a first opportunity to witness future world champions and Olympic heroes. With the participation numbers growing each year, in synchronization with the level of skill shown in the ring, the AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships is a premier event on the AIBA competitions calendar.

351 boxers from 52 countries have been officially registered for this fourth edition.