| Cruiserweight at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Štark Arena | ||||||||||||
| Location | Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27 October – 5 November | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The Cruiserweight competition at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held between 27 October and 5 November. [1]
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
 Victor Schelstraete | 0 | |||||
 Keno Machado | 5 | |||||
| Keno Machado | 2 | |||||
 Loren Alfonso | 3 | |||||
 Herich Ruiz | 1 | |||||
| Loren Alfonso | 4 | |||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||
 Artyom Yordanyan | 0 | |||||||||
 Damir Plantić | 5 | |||||||||
| Damir Plantić | 0 | |||||||||
| Victor Schelstraete | 5 | |||||||||
 Shokhjakhon Abdullaev | ||||||||||
| Victor Schelstraete | KO | |||||||||
| Victor Schelstraete | 3 | |||||||||
 Conner Tudsbury | 2 | |||||||||
| Conner Tudsbury | 5 | |||||||||
 Yan Zak | 0 | |||||||||
| Conner Tudsbury | 5 | |||||||||
 Rogelio Romero | 0 | |||||||||
| Rogelio Romero | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||
 Matúš Strnisko | 2 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||
| Keno Machado | 5 | |||||||||
 Bek Nurmaganbet | 0 | |||||||||
| Keno Machado | 5 | |||||||||
 Kim Hyeong-kyu | 0 | |||||||||
 Lakshya Chahar | ||||||||||
| Kim Hyeong-kyu | RSC-I | |||||||||
| Keno Machado | 5 | |||||||||
 Sebastian Wiktorzak | 0 | |||||||||
| Sebastian Wiktorzak | 5 | |||||||||
 Dmitri Cosciug | 0 | |||||||||
| Sebastian Wiktorzak | 5 | |||||||||
 Christopher Luteke | 0 | |||||||||
| Christopher Luteke | 4 | |||||||||
 Nalek Korbaj | 1 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||
 Ádám Hámori | 1 | |||||||||
 Burak Aksin | 4 | |||||||||
| Burak Aksin | 5 | |||||||||
 Alexander Okafor | 0 | |||||||||
 Ahmed Mohamed Adan | 0 | |||||||||
| Alexander Okafor | 5 | |||||||||
| Burak Aksin | 0 | |||||||||
| Herich Ruiz | 5 | |||||||||
| Herich Ruiz | ABD | |||||||||
 Slobodan Jovanović | ||||||||||
| Herich Ruiz | 4 | |||||||||
 Odai Al-Hindawi | 0 | |||||||||
 Hezron Maganga Sabat | 0 | |||||||||
| Odai Al-Hindawi | 5 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||
 Serhii Horskov | 0 | |||||||||
 Erkin Adylbek Uulu | 5 | |||||||||
| Erkin Adylbek Uulu | 1 | |||||||||
| Sharabutdin Ataev | 4 | |||||||||
 Tadas Tamašauskas | ||||||||||
| Sharabutdin Ataev | KO | |||||||||
| Sharabutdin Ataev | 1 | |||||||||
| Loren Alfonso | 4 | |||||||||
 Paul Arădoaie | RSC | |||||||||
 Ali Jamali | ||||||||||
| Paul Arădoaie | 0 | |||||||||
| Loren Alfonso | 5 | |||||||||
| Tawfiqullah Sulaimani | 0 | |||||||||
| Loren Alfonso | 5 | |||||||||
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