(Boxing news) With a month to go until the XXI Men's World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, top athletes from around the world have already registered for the prestigious tournament. The grand opening ceremony will take place on October 24th at the Štark Arena and the finals are scheduled for November 5th and 6th with six weight categories on the first day and the seventh category on the second day.
Andy Cruz Gomez, Julio La Cruz, Lazaro Alvares Estrada, Arlen Lopez, Roniel Iglesias from Cuba; Keno Machado, Abner Teixeira, Wanderson de Oliveira from Brazil; Hovhannes Bachkov from Armenia; Yuberjen Martinez Rivas from Colombia; Eumir Marcial from the Philippines; Saken Bibossinov from Kazakhstan; Sanjeet Sanjeet from India; Hasanboy Dusmatov, Shakhobiddin Zoirov, Mirazizbek Mirzahalilov, Abdulmalik Khalokov, Shakhram Giyasov from Uzbekistan; Salvatore Cavallaro, Simone Fiori, Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine from Italy; Loren Alfonso Dominguez from Azerbaijan and others are among the stars of the tournament.
Medal winners at the upcoming AIBA World Boxing Championship will be rewarded with significant prize money ($2.6 million) for the first time in AIBA’s 75 year history. The prize for first place is $100 000 USD. Silver medalists receive $50 000 USD, and both bronzes in each weight category receive $25 000 USD.
AIBA World Boxing Championships schedule (all CET)
October 24, 19:00 – Grand Opening Ceremony
October 25 – November 2, 13:00 and 18:00 – Preliminaries
November 3 – rest day
November 4, 13:00 and 18:00 – semi-finals
November 5-6, 18:00 – finals
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