The Light heavyweight competition was the third-highest weight class featured at the
2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the
Mediolanum Forum
Mediolanum Forum (originally the Forum di Assago, formerly the FilaForum and DatchForum) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, Italy. The arena has a seating capacity of 12,700 and is primarily use ...
. Heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 81 kilograms in body mass.
Medalists
Seeds
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Abdelhafid Benchabla ''(third round)''
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Elshod Rasulov ''(final)''
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Kenny Egan ''(quarterfinals)''
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Dinesh Kumar ''(quarterfinals)''
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Artur Beterbiyev
Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev ( ce, Арту́р Асильбе́кович Бетерби́ев russian: Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian-Canadian professional boxer. He is a unified l ...
(champion)
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Imre Szellő
Imre Szellő (born July 27, 1983) is a Hungarian professional boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics.
Career
2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships
At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago Szellő missed out on a bron ...
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Jose Larduet ''(semifinals)''
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Daugirdas Semiotas ''(second round)''
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
See also
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Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight
The light heavyweight competition was the third-highest weight class featured in amateur boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was held at the Workers Indoor Arena. Light heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 81 kilograms in body mass.
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