Honorable Mention

Aybek Oralbay

Country: Kazakhstan

Weight Class: Heavyweight

is a 21 years old amateur boxer from Kazakhstan. He competes in the heavyweight division and has an amateur record of 27 wins and 4 losses.

Amit Panghal

Country: India

Weight Class: Flyweight

is another amateur boxer who deserves an honorable mention. He is from India and won silver medals at the 2019 Yekaterinburg world championships and the 2018 Gold Coast games. He also won gold at the 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta Palembang and the 2019 Asian Games in Bangkok.

Top 10 Amateur Boxers

10. Muslim Gadzhimagomedov

Country: Russia

Weight Class: Heavyweight

Muslim Gadzhimagomedov is an exciting 24 years old amateur boxer from Russia. He has an amateur record of 86 wins and 6 losses. 

The heavyweight fighter won gold at the 2019 Yekaterinburg world championships and the 2019 Minsk European games. He also has a silver medal in the 2017 Kharkiv European championships at light heavyweight.

In the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal for team Russia.

9. Lazaro Álvarez

Country: Cuba

Weight Class: Lightweight

Lázaro Álvarez is a 30-year-old amateur boxer from Cuba. he has an amateur record of 170 wins and 28 losses and is one of the most decorated amateur boxers right now. 

He is a three-time amateur world champion and the two-time world silver medalist. He also has three gold medals in the Pan American Games. Lazaro Álvarez also won bronze in the 2012, 2016, and 2021 Olympics.

8. Eumir Marcial

Country: Philippines

Weight Class: Middleweight

Eumir Marcial is a very talented 25 years old boxer from the Philippines, and he has an amateur record of 70 wins and 19 losses. Marcial has one professional fight on his record but has still qualified for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, where he won a bronze medal. 

Marcial has won three gold medals at the Southeast Asian Games. He has also won silver at the 2019 Yekaterinburg world championships.

7. Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov

Country: Uzbekistan

Weight Class: Featherweight

Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov is a 26 years old boxer from Uzbekistan who just turned pro this year, however, as an amateur, he has had an impressive career. He has an amateur record of 58 wins and 17 losses. 

Mirzakhalilo fights at featherweight and has won gold at the 2019 Yekaterinburg world championships and the 2019 Bangkok Asian championships. He also won gold at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, and silver at the 2021 Dubai Asian championships.

6. Bekzad Nurdauletov

Country: Kazakhstan

Weight Class: Light Heavyweight

Bekzad Nurdauletov is a 23-year-old amateur boxer from Kazakhstan, and he has a record of 18 wins and 7 losses. Nurdauletov competes in the light heavyweight division. 

The young boxer is one of the most hyped up-and-coming amateur boxers right now. In 2019, he won a gold medal in the Yekaterinburg World Boxing Championships.

5. Andrey Zamkovoy

Country: Russia

Weight Class: Welterweight

Andrey Zamkovoy is a 34-year-old amateur boxer from Russia. He has an amateur record of 133 wins and 22 losses. 

He competes at welterweight and has won gold at the 2019 Yekaterinburg world championship, and a Silver medal at the 2009 Milan world championship. Zamkovoy also won a bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and the 2012 London Olympics.

4. Jianguan Hu

Country: China

Weight Class: Flyweight

Hu Jianguan is a 28 years old amateur boxer from China. He has an amateur record of 34 wins and 13 losses. 

The talented boxer won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and He also won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships at Doha and the 2019 Asian Championships in Bangkok. 

Jiangnan is known to have some of the fastest combinations and He was recently ranked number 1 in the World Ranking for Amateur Boxers in his weight class.

3. Oleksandr Khyzhniak

Country: Ukraine

Weight Class: Middleweight

Oleksandr Khyzhniak is a 26 years old amateur boxer from Ukraine. He has an amateur record of 111 wins and 14 losses. and has competed in the light-heavyweight and middleweight division. 

Has a very decorated amatuer carrer. He won gold in the 2017 Kharkiv European championships, and the 2019 Minsk European games. In the 2017 world championship at Hamburg, he also won a gold medal. 

In the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal competing in the middleweight division.

2. Julio César La Cruz

Country: Cuba

Weight Class: Heavyweight

Julio Cesar La Cruz is an olympian from Cuba, and he is one of the best boxers that came out of the 2021 Olympics. He has an amateur record of 206 wins and 26 losses. 

Most notably, he won gold in the Rio Olympics and has four amateur world titles at light-heavyweight. In Tokyo, La Cruz won Gold again but this time in the Heavyweight division.

La Cruz has a distinctive style of boxing that earned him the nickname ‘La Sombra’, or ‘the Shadow’. He drops his guard and invites his opponents on before using his athleticism to swerve out of the way and land counters.

1. Andy Cruz

Country: Cuba

Weight Class: Lightweight

Andy Cruz is a talented 26 years old amateur boxer from Cuba. He has an amateur record of 112 wins and 8 losses. 

Cruz competes in the lightweight and light welterweight division. He has previously won gold at the 2017 Hamburg and 2019 Yekaterinburg world amateur championships. He also has two gold medals in the Pan American Games. 

In the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, he won a gold medal for Cuba at lightweight.

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