Indian city New Delhi will host the men’s World Boxing Championship in 2021 besides conducting the women’s World Championship for the second time in 2018.
The AIBA World Boxing Championships and the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), which is the sport governing body.
Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, it is the highest level of competition for the sport. The championships was first held in 1974 Havana, Cuba as a men’s only event and the first women’s championships was held over 25 years later in 2001.
MEN BOXING EVENTS
| 2001 | 11. World Championships | Belfast, United Kingdom |
| 2003 | 12. World Championships | Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2005 | 13. World Championships | Mianyang, China |
| 2007 | 14. World Championships | Chicago, United States |
| 2009 | 15. World Championships | Milan, Italy |
| 2011 | 16. World Championships | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 2013 | 17. World Championships | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| 2015 | 18. World Championships | Doha, Qatar |
| 2017 | 19. World Championships | Hamburg, Germany |
| 2019 | 20. World Championships | Sochi, Russia |
| 2021 | 21. World Championships | New Delhi, India |
WOMEN BOXING EVENT
| 2001 | 1. World Championships | Scranton, United States |
| 2002 | 2. World Championships | Antalya, Turkey |
| 2005 | 3. World Championships | Podolsk, Russia |
| 2006 | 4. World Championships | New Delhi, India |
| 2008 | 5. World Championships | Ningbo, China |
| 2010 | 6. World Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| 2012 | 7. World Championships | Qinhuangdao, China |
| 2014 | 8. World Championships | Jeju City, South Korea |
| 2016 | 9. World Championships | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| 2018 | 10. World Championships | New Delhi, India |
| 2019 | 11. World Championships | Trabzon, Turkey |