The 2006 World University Boxing Championships took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan between October 2 and 9 2006. 82 boxers from 14 countries participated at the second edition tournament. [1]
Bronze medals are awarded to both losing finalists.
| 2006 World University Boxing Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| 48 kg |  Nurlan Abdraimov |  Aleksander Gritshuk |  Jigjid Otgonbayar | |
| 51 kg | Andrei Spiridonov |  Anvar Yunusov | Pürevdorjiin Serdamba | |
| 54 kg | Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan | Yerzhan Omirzhanov | Bakhodur Karimov |  Hüseyin Dündar |
| 57 kg |  Abdugaffar Umarov |  Araik Ambartsumov | Madi Shulakov | Çetin Özdemir |
| 60 kg | Ivan Lopatin | Askarbek Kalpakov | Mustafa Doğan | Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene |
| 64 kg | Darkhan Ashirov | Dmitry Mikhailenko | Byambyn Tüvshinbat | Zakir Artykov |
| 69 kg | Bakhyt Sarsekbayev | Maksim Koptyakov | Chuluntumur Tomorkhuyagl |  Aleksander Drenovak |
| 75 kg | Dauren Yeleusinov | Aleksi Tsherbakov |  Igor Konobeyev | Savaş Kaya |
| 81 kg | Yerdos Dzhanabergenov | Bahram Muzaffer |  Zaur Teimurov | Jakhon Banov |
| 91 kg |  Vitaliyus Subachus | Mikhail Muntyan | Erhan Şentürk | Yevgnei Yegemberdiev |
| +91 kg | Magomed Abdussalamov | Deniz Fidan | Denis Ursu | Kanat Altayev |
| 2006 World University Boxing Championship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Mongolia | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | Lithuania | 1 | 1 | |||
| 6 | Turkey | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 7 |  Maldives | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 7= | Tajikistan | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | |||
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | |||
| 10= | Serbia | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 11 | 11 | 20 | 42 | ||
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