1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships Explained

1989 AIBA World Boxing Championships
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Location:Moscow, Soviet Union
Previous:Reno 1986
Next:Sydney 1991

The Men's 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 17 to October 1, 1989. The fifth edition of this competition, held a year after the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.

Medal winners

Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms)
Eric Griffin
United States
Rogelio Marcelo
Cuba
Kim Dok-Nam
North Korea Nshan Munchyan
Soviet Union
Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)
Yuri Arbachakov
Soviet Union
Pedro Orlando Reyes
Cuba
Li Gwang-Sik
North Korea Krzysztof Wróblewski
Poland
Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)
Enrique Carríon
Cuba
Serafim Todorov
Bulgaria
Li Yong-Ho
North Korea Luigi Quitadamo
Italy
Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)
Ayrat Khamatov
Soviet Union
Kirkor Kirkorov
Bulgaria
Arnaldo Mesa
Cuba Jamie Nicolson
Australia
Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)
Julio González
Cuba
Andreas Zülow
East Germany
Tonga McClain
United States Konstantin Tszyu
Soviet Union
Light Welterweight
(– 63,5 kilograms)
Igor Ruzhnikov
Soviet Union
Andreas Otto
East Germany
Vukašin Dobrašinović
Yugoslavia Michael Carruth
Ireland
Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)
Francisc Vaştag
Romania
Siegfried Mehnert
East Germany
Raúl Márquez
United States Vladimir Ereshchenko
Soviet Union
Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)
Israel Akopkokhyan
Soviet Union
Torsten Schmitz
East Germany
Rudel Obreja
Romania Salem Karim Kabbary
Egypt
Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)
Andrey Kurnyavka
Soviet Union
Angel Espinosa
Cuba
Zoltán Fuzesy
Hungary Sven Ottke
West Germany
Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)
Henry Maske
East Germany
Pablo Romero
Cuba
Nurmagomed Shanavazov
Soviet Union Sandór Hranek
Hungary
Heavyweight
(– 91 kilograms)
Félix Savón
Cuba
Evgeni Sudakov
Soviet Union
Axel Schulz
East Germany Bert Teuchert
West Germany
Super Heavyweight
(> 91 kilograms)
Roberto Balado
Cuba
Aleksandr Miroshnichenko
Soviet Union
Maik Heydeck
East Germany Ladislav Husarik
Czechoslovakia

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