| 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships | |
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| Light flyweight | |
| Flyweight | |
| Bantamweight | |
| Featherweight | |
| Lightweight | |
| Light welterweight | |
| Welterweight | |
| Middleweight | |
| Light heavyweight | |
| Heavyweight | |
| Super heavyweight | |
The Lightweight competition was the five-lowest weight featured at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 60 kilograms in body mass.
| Gold | Domenico Valentino  Italy |
| Silver | José Pedraza  Puerto Rico |
| Bronze | Koba Pkhakadze  Georgia |
Albert Selimov  Russia |
Idel Torriente (quarterfinals)
Hrachik Javakhyan (second round)
Serdar Hudayberdiev (quarterfinals)
Yakup Kılıç (first round)
Miklós Varga (second round) Domenico Valentino (champion) Albert Selimov (semifinals) José Pedraza (final)| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Idel Torriente (CUB) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Domenico Valentino (ITA) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Domenico Valentino (ITA) | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Koba Pkhakadze (GEO) | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Eugen Burhard (GER) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Koba Pkhakadze (GEO) | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Domenico Valentino (ITA) | 9 | |||||||||||||
| José Pedraza (PUR) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Serdar Hudayberdiev (TKM) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| José Pedraza (PUR) | 13 | |||||||||||||
| José Pedraza (PUR) | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Albert Selimov (RUS) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Albert Selimov (RUS) | 17 | |||||||||||||
 Éverton Lopes (BRA) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Idel Torriente (CUB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Gani Zhailauov (KAZ) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Idel Torriente (CUB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hüsnü Koçabas (NED) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Aubrey Moore (GUY) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hüsnü Koçabas (NED) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Idel Torriente (CUB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Domenico Valentino (ITA) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Francisco Vargas (MEX) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Han Soon Chul (KOR) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Han Soon Chul (KOR) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Domenico Valentino (ITA) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
 Suraka Al Waaily (IRQ) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Domenico Valentino (ITA) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Miklós Varga (HUN) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ibrahim Kamal (CAN) | 3 | Eugen Burhard (GER) | +10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Eugen Burhard (GER) | 11 | Eugen Burhard (GER) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
 Jai Bhagwan (IND) | 10 | Jai Bhagwan (IND) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Angel Rodríguez (VEN) | 4 | Jai Bhagwan (IND) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
 Eric Donovan (IRL) | 13 | Eric Donovan (IRL) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Bakhodir Karimov (TJK) | 4 | Eugen Burhard (GER) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Gabriel Podasca (ROU) | 10 | Koba Pkhakadze (GEO) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
 Ismet Zeric (BIH) | 6 | Gabriel Podasca (ROU) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Koba Pkhakadze (GEO) | 17 | Koba Pkhakadze (GEO) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
 Aurimas Naudzius (LTU) | 10 | Koba Pkhakadze (GEO) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hoorshid Tojibaev (TJK) | 13 |  Mahdi Ouatine (MAR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mahmmoud Eshesish (JOR) | 8 | Hoorshid Tojibaev (TJK) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mahdi Ouatine (MAR) | 8 | Mahdi Ouatine (MAR) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yakup Kılıç (TUR) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Serdar Hudayberdiev (TKM) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Takashi Sugiura (JPN) | 2 | Serdar Hudayberdiev (TKM) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
 Haithem Laamouz (MLT) | 1 |  Hu Qianxun (CHN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hu Qianxun (CHN) | 12 | Serdar Hudayberdiev (TKM) | RSCI | ||||||||||||||||
 Achelle Apie (CMR) |  Dmytro Bulenkov (UKR) | ||||||||||||||||||
 Vazgen Safaryants (BLR) | WO | Vazgen Safaryants (BLR) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
 Issah Samir (GHA) | 11 | Dmytro Bulenkov (UKR) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dmytro Bulenkov (UKR) | 17 | Serdar Hudayberdiev (TKM) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Valentino Knowles (BAH) | 11 | José Pedraza (PUR) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
 Joseph Njogu (KEN) | 8 | Valentino Knowles (BAH) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Nabaloum Hassane (BUR) | 8 |  Ljubomir Marjanovic (SRB) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ljubomir Marjanovic (SRB) | 27 | Ljubomir Marjanovic (SRB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Filip Palic (CRO) | 5 | José Pedraza (PUR) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig (MGL) | 13 | Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig (MGL) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Abdlay Anarbay Uulu (KGZ) | 4 | José Pedraza (PUR) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| José Pedraza (PUR) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Albert Selimov (RUS) | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mohammad Aziz (AFG) | 1 | Albert Selimov (RUS) | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
 Jonas Moeti (BOT) |  Erick Bone (ECU) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Erick Bone (ECU) | RSC | Albert Selimov (RUS) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
 Yasin Abdelhamid (EGY) | 1 |  Saylom Ardee (THA) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
 Michak Zerominski (POL) | 7 | Michak Zerominski (POL) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saylom Ardee (THA) | 12 | Saylom Ardee (THA) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
 Duran Caferro (USA) | 9 | Albert Selimov (RUS) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
 Vilasack Khuandy (LAO) | 11 | Éverton Lopes (BRA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Carlos David Arce (ISV) | 0 | Vilasack Khuandy (LAO) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Thomas Stalker (ENG) | 11 | Thomas Stalker (ENG) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
 Joegin Ladon (PHI) | 4 | Thomas Stalker (ENG) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Ruslan Gasimov (AZE) | 2 | Éverton Lopes (BRA) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Éverton Lopes (BRA) | 10 | Éverton Lopes (BRA) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
 Simeon Bunarzhizh (BUL) | 1 | Hrachik Javakhyan (ARM) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hrachik Javakhyan (ARM) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
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