The Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships, or AIBA Youth World Championships, is a boxing championship event organised by the AIBA for "Youth" competitors who are under the age of 19 years old. It is biennially competition which began in 2008 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships.
The Youth World Championships replaced the Junior World Championships which ran from 1979 to 2006.
Competitors compete is 11 weight divisions, which as:
- Light Flyweight -48 kg.
- Flyweight -51 kg.
- Bantamweight -54 kg.
- Featherweight -57 kg.
- Lightweight -60 kg.
- Light welterweight -64 kg.
- Welterweight -69 kg.
- Middleweight -75 kg.
- Light Heavyweight -81 kg.
- Heavyweight -91 kg.
- Super Heavyweight +91 kg.
| Year | Edition | Host | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1. Youth World Championships | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 31 - November 1 |
| 2010 | 2. Youth World Championships | Baku | April 20 - May 2 |
| 2012 | 3. Youth World Championships | Yerevan, Armenia | November 25 - December 8 |
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