Amateur boxing is a variant of boxing practiced at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations.
The men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia, from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 292 fighters from 41 countries competed at these championships. Russia's Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov afterwards received the Best Fighter Award. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. All medal winners earned a berth for the Athens Games.
Ali Ismayilov is a boxer from Azerbaijan and the current WBO Latino Cruiserweight champion.
Shahin Imranov is a boxer from Azerbaijan. He is best known for winning two featherweight silver medals at European championships.
Bato-Munko Demyanovich Vankeyev is a boxer from Belarus.
Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the light welterweight class.
Neil Perkins (born 2 August 1979 is a British former amateur boxer who has won medals in international tournaments at welterweight.
Vincenzo Picardi is an Italian professional boxer best known for winning a bronze medal in the flyweight division both at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago and at the 2008 Olympics.
Abdelhafid Benchabla is an Algerian boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and the 2012 Summer Olympics and is the current World Series of Boxing Light heavyweight champion.
Gyula Káté is a Hungarian amateur boxer best known for winning two bronze medals at European Championships and one at the World Championships.
Veaceslav Gojan is a Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău. His coach is Petru Caduc.
The 3rd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 20 to April 25, 2004. The top two in each weight category gained qualification into the 2004 Summer Olympics.
The 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Warsaw, Poland from March 30 to April 4, 2004 at the annual Feliks Stamm Boxing Tournament. The top two in each weight category gained entry into the 2004 Summer Olympics.
The 4th AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 27 to May 1, 2004 during the annual Chowdry Boxing Cup. Boxers finishing in the top two in each weight category earned a chance to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Only the winner of the super heavyweight division was guaranteed a place.
The 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Guangzhou, PR China from March 18 to March 23, 2004. It was the first chance for amateur boxers from Asia to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines from January 11 to 18, 2004. The top two boxers in each weight division gained a place in the Olympics, with the exception of the heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions in which just the winner was entered.
The 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Karachi, Pakistan from May 6 to May 12, 2004. Also known as the Green Hill Tournament it was the penultimate opportunity for Asian amateur boxers to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships. The top two of each division earned Olympic qualification with the exception of the heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions, in which there were no qualification opportunities.
The 22nd edition of the Men's Asian Amateur Boxing Championships were held from January 11 to January 18, 2004 in Puerto Princesa Coliseum, Puerto Princesa, Philippines. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Peter Müllenberg is an amateur heavyweight boxer from the Netherlands who won silver medals at the 2013 and 2015 European championships.
Petr Mukhamedovich Khamukov is a Russian amateur boxer of the light heavyweight class. Member of the Russian Olympic Team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the only active Russian boxer to hold two Olympic licenses in middleweight and light heavyweight.
Nadine Apetz is a German amateur boxer. She won bronze medals at the World Championships in 2016 and 2018, and gold at the 2017 EU Championships. In 2021, she became the first German woman to qualify for a boxing event at the Summer Olympic Games.
Aleksan Nalbandyan (ARM)
Redouane Asloum (FRA)
Sergey Żmajlik (BLR)
Zsolt Bedák (HUN)
Maksym Tretyak (UKR)
Amir Khan (GBR)
Rovshan Huseynov (AZE)
Mariusz Koperski (POL)
Bülent Ulusoy (TUR)
Clemente Russo (ITA)
Tervel Pulev (BUL)
Sebastian Köber (GER)
