The IBA Men's World Boxing Championships and the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association, which is the sport governing body. Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, they are the highest level of competition for the sport. The championships were first held for men in 1974 and the first women's championships were held over 25 years later in 2001.
Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom is an Indian Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Rajya Sabha. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Championship six times, the only female boxer to have won a medal in each one of the first seven World Championships, and the only boxer to win eight World Championship medals. Nicknamed Magnificent Mary, she was the only Indian female boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she competed in the flyweight (51 kg) category and won a bronze medal. She had also been ranked as the world's No. 1 female light-flyweight by the International Boxing Association (amateur) (AIBA). She became the first Indian female boxer to win a gold medal in the Asian Games in 2014 at Incheon, South Korea and is the first Indian female boxer to win gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is also the only boxer to become Asian Amateur Boxing Champion for a record six times. Mary Kom won the 51kg gold in President's Cup in Indonesia.
Shiva Thapa is an Indian boxer. Thapa participated in the 2012 London Olympics, and was the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics. Thapa is ranked 3rd in the bantamweight category in the AIBA Men's World Ranking. He is the third Indian to clinch gold at the Asian Games. Thapa is the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the AIBA World Boxing Championships. Thapa has been elected as a member of the International Boxing Association (amateur) Athletes Committee.
Nikhat Zareen is an Indian boxer and a two-time world champion. She won a gold medal at the 2011 AIBA Women's Youth & Junior World Boxing Championships held in Antalya. Zareen won gold medals at the 2022 Istanbul, and 2023 New Delhi IBA Women's World Boxing Championships. She also won gold medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. She won the bronze medal in the Light flyweight event in the 2022 Asian Games.
Josie Gabuco is a Filipina boxer best known for winning her country's first ever gold medal in the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. She is also the most successful boxer in the history of the Southeast Asian Games with a record five gold medals.
Lovlina Borgohain is an Indian boxer. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in the women's welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. She won gold medal at 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships and bronze medals at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships and the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. Borgohain is the first female athlete and the second boxer from Assam to represent the state in the Olympics. In 2020, she became the sixth person from Assam to receive Arjuna Award.
The 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was held at KD Jadav Indoor Stadium at New Delhi, India and took place between 15 and 24 November 2018.
Buse Naz Çakıroğlu is a Turkish boxer.
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.
Imane Khelif is an Algerian amateur boxer. She represented Algeria in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Giordana Sorrentino is an Italian boxer. She competed in the women's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She won the gold medal in the women's light flyweight event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.
Ayşe Çağırır is a Turkish female boxer competing in the light flyweight (48 kg) division. She is a European Championship bronze medalist.
Charlie Cavanagh is a Canadian former amateur boxer who won a silver medal at the 2022 World Championships. She retired in 2024.
Abdumalik Khalokov is an Uzbekistani amateur boxer, who won a gold medal at the Youth World Championships and 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Gold medalist of 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships and silver medalist of 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships.
Valentina Khalzova is a Kazakhstani amateur boxer. She won a gold medal at the 2016 World Championships and bronze at the 2022 edition.
Dina Zholaman is a Kazakhstani boxer. She competed at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, winning the gold medal in the bantamweight category. Zholaman also competed at the 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships, winning the bronze medal in the bantamweight event.
Weerapon Jongjoho is a Thai boxer. He participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, being awarded the bronze medal in the boys' middleweight event. Jongjoho also participated at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships, being awarded the bronze medal in the middleweight event. In a round, he defeated Ivan Papakin. Somjit Jongjohor, the flyweight champion of the 2008 Summer Olympics, is his uncle.
Heaven Garcia is an American boxer. She participated at the 2018 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships, being awarded the gold medal in the women's flyweight event. Garcia also participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, being awarded the bronze medal in the girls' flyweight event.
Caitlin Fryers is an Irish boxer. She participated in the 2022 Women's European Amateur Boxing Championships, winning the silver medal in the light flyweight event. She also competed at the 2017 AIBA Youth Women's World Boxing Championships and 2022 European U22 Boxing Championships.
Fatiha Mansouri is an Algerian boxer competing in the minimumweight division. She won the gold medal in the women's 48 kg event at the 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Arab Games held in Algiers, Algeria.
