1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from August 17 to 30. The first edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. A total number of 274 boxers from 45 countries entered.

1974 AIBA World Boxing Championships
VenueColiseo de la Ciudad Deportiva
LocationHavana, Cuba
Start dateAugust 17, 1974 (1974-08-17)
End dateAugust 30, 1974 (1974-08-30)
Competitors274 from 45 nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba5128
2 Soviet Union2248
3 United States1214
4 Yugoslavia1023
5 Puerto Rico1012
 Uganda1012
7 Romania (ROU)0213
8 Venezuela (VEN)0202
9 Bulgaria (BUL)0112
10 Kenya0101
11 East Germany0033
12 France0011
 Ghana0011
 Nigeria0011
 Panama0011
 Poland0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (17 nations)11112244


Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight
( 48 kilograms)
Jorge Hernández
Cuba
Stephen Muchoki
Kenya
Enrique Rodríguez
Spain

Yevgeni Yudin
Soviet Union

Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Douglas Rodríguez
Cuba
Alfredo Pérez
Venezuela
Vladislav Zasypko
Soviet Union

Constantin Gruiescu
Romania

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Wilfredo Gómez
Puerto Rico
Luis Jorge Romero
Cuba
Aldo Cosentino
France

David Torosyan
Soviet Union

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Howard Davis
United States
Boris Kuznetsov
Soviet Union
Mariano Álvarez
Cuba

Rigoberto Garibaldi
Panama

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Vassily Solomin
Soviet Union
Simion Cuţov
Romania
Luis Echaide
Cuba

José Luis Vellon
Puerto Rico

Light Welterweight
( 63,5 kilograms)
Ayub Kalule
Uganda
Vladimir Kolev
Bulgaria
Ulrich Beyer
East Germany

Amon Kotey
Ghana

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Emilio Correa
Cuba
Clinton Jackson
United States
Plamen Yankov
Bulgaria

Zbigniew Kicka
Poland

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Rolando Garbey
Cuba
Alfredo Lemus
Venezuela
Anatoliy Klimanov
Soviet Union

Joseph Nsubuga
Uganda

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Rufat Riskiyev
Soviet Union
Alec Năstac
Romania
Bernd Wittenburg
East Germany

Dragomir Vujković
Yugoslavia

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Mate Parlov
Yugoslavia
Oleg Korotayev
Soviet Union
Ottomar Sachse
East Germany

Leon Spinks
United States

Heavyweight
(> 81 kilograms)
Teófilo Stevenson
Cuba
Marvin Stinson
United States
Fatai Ayinla
Nigeria

Rajko Miljić
Yugoslavia

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