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The IBA Women's World Boxing Championships are biennial
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competitions organised by the
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(IBA, previously known as AIBA), which is the
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. The first women's championships were held over 25 years later in 2001. Since 1989 the women's championships were held in even years between 2006 and 2018 and switched to a nominal odd-year schedule in 2019.


Weight classes

As of 1 August 2021, women are grouped into 12 weight classes as follows: * 45–48 kg (
Minimumweight Mini flyweight, also known as paperweight, minimumweight, strawweight, or super atomweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing In professional boxing, boxers in the minimumweight division may weigh no more than . This is a relatively new ...
) * 48–50 kg ( Light flyweight) * 50–52 kg (
Flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing up to and including 51 kg (112 lb) for a title fight. Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of boxin ...
) * 52–54 kg (
Bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ...
) * 54–57 kg (
Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, ...
) * 57–60 kg (
Lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...
) * 60–63 kg (
Light welterweight Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional boxing In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, ...
) * 63–66 kg (
Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th ...
) * 66–70 kg (
Light middleweight Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in boxing but also may include other combat sports. Boxing The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the Intern ...
) * 70–75 kg (
Middleweight Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have beg ...
) * 75–81 kg (
Light heavyweight Light heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight (boxing), cruiserweight. The light heavyweight class has ...
) * +81 kg (
Heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Male boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 2 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation an ...
)


Editions


All-time medal table (2001–2025)

Updated after the
2025 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships The 2025 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships were the 14th edition of the championships, held in Niš, Serbia from 9 to 16 March 2025. It was planned to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2024 but later postponed and moved. Schedule ''All tim ...
. ;Notes


Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active boxers and highest medal count among all boxers (including these who are not included in these tables) per type. In 2018, Mary Kom defeated Ukrainian boxer Hanna Okhota with a 5–0 win in the 48 kg weight category, she is now tied with Cuban legend Felix Savon’s haul of six golds.


See also

* List of medalists at the IBA World Boxing Championships * List of medalists at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships


References

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