title: 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
text: # 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships
  
  The 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships was an international women's boxing competition hosted by China from November 22 to 29, 2008 in Ningbo City. It was the 5th championship, which debuted 2001 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.
  
  The World Championship was contested in 13 weight disciplines by 218 amateur women boxers from 41 countries, and was conducted in the Ningbo Sports Center.
  
  China won four gold, two silver and four bronze medals, while Turkey finished second with two gold and two bronze medals, followed by Canada with a tally of 2-0-1. India, the champion in the 2006 edition, were fourth with one gold, one silver and two bronze.
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  * Argentina (4)
  * Australia (5)
  * Brazil (2)
  * Canada (8)
  * China (13)
  * Chinese Taipei (6)
  * Croatia (1)
  * Czech Republic (1)
  * Denmark (3)
  * Egypt (5)
  * England (4)
  * France (6)
  * Germany (3)
  * Greece (1)
  * Hong Kong (1)
  * Hungary (7)
  * India (7)
  * Indonesia (3)
  * Ireland (1)
  * Japan (7)
  * Kazakhstan (11)
  * Latvia (1)
  * Mongolia (6)
  * Netherlands (1)
  * North Korea (10)
  * Norway (2)
  * Papua New Guinea (2)
  * Philippines (6)
  * Poland (7)
  * Portugal (1)
  * Romania (10)
  * Russia (13)
  * South Korea (3)
  * Sri Lanka (2)
  * Sweden (7)
  * Switzerland (1)
  * Trinidad and Tobago (3)
  * Turkey (11)
  * Ukraine (13)
  * United States (12)
  * Vietnam (8)
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Pinweight (–46 kg) | Mary Kom India | Steluța Duță Romania | Jong Ok North KoreaJosie Gabuco Philippines |
  | Light flyweight (–48 kg) | Sarah $Ourahmoune^1$ France | Alexandra Kuleshova Russia | Jenny Haedingz Sweden |
  | Flyweight (–50 kg) | Kim Hyang-ok North Korea | Elena Savelyeva Russia | Analisa Cruz PhilippinesChhotu Loura India |
  | Light bantamweight (–52 kg) | Ren Cancan China | Annie Albania Philippines | Viktoria Rudenko UkraineSarita Devi India |
  | Bantamweight (–54 kg) | Karolina Michalczuk Poland | Nicola Adams England | Zhang Qin ChinaCynthia Moreno United States |
  | Featherweight (–57 kg) | Qin Jian China | Usha Nagisetty India | Sofya Ochigava RussiaEdina Pezdány Hungary |
  | Lightweight (–60 kg) | Katie Taylor Ireland | Dong Cheng China | Ayzanat Gadzhieva RussiaCindy Orain France |
  | Light welterweight (–63 kg) | Gülsüm Tatar Turkey | Liubov Lopatina Russia | Ma Jianxia ChinaKlara Svensson Sweden |
  | Welterweight (–66 kg) | Mary Spencer Canada | Vanessa Jackson United States | Ri Suk-yong North KoreaWang Qian China |
  | Light middleweight (–70 kg) | Ariane Fortin Canada | Yang Tingting China | Nurcan Çarkçı TurkeyYelena Koltsova Kazakhstan |
  | Middleweight (–75 kg) | Li Jinzi China | Anna Laurell Sweden | Amber Konikow CanadaAnita Ducza Hungary |
  | Light heavyweight (–80 kg) | Tang Jieli China | Mioshia Wagoner United States | Selma Yağcı TurkeyFetti Paraschiva Romania |
  | Heavyweight (–86 kg) | Şemsi Yaralı Turkey | Adriana Hosu Romania | Tiffanie Hearn United StatesZhang Lina China |
  
  $^1$ Ying Chen (China) originally won the gold medal but was disqualified for failing doping test.
  
  ### Medal table
  
  * Host nation (China)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China* | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
  | 2 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
  | 3 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 4 | India | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 5 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 6 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Russia | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
  | 10 | United States | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 11 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 12 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 12 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 14 | England | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 15 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 16 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 16 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 13 | 13 | 25 | 51 |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Preliminary rounds
  
  | November 22, 2008 |
  | - |
  | Weight | Red | | Blue |
  | 48 kg |
  | | Kalpana Chowdhury | 5 – 6 | Jacqueline Park |
  | | Monika Csik | 2 – 7 | Alice Kate Aparri |
  | | Sofie Maja Molholt | 10 – 5 | Pin Meng-chieh |
  | | Nandintsetseg Myagmardulam | 3 – 13 | Sarah Ourahmoune |
  | 50 kg |
  | | Indri Sambaimana | 4 – 12 | Naoko Fujioka |
  | | Bolortuul Tumurkhuyag | 3 – 11 | Diana Timofte |
  | | Rasha Arafa | 0 – 12 | Sumeyra Yazici |
  | | Kim Hyang Ok | 11 – 1 | Sandra Silva |
  | | Cheryl Lyn Houlihan | 1 – 10 | Li Si Yuan |
  | | Mandy Bujold | 7 – 2 | Stella Soares |
  | 54 kg |
  | | Papita Sabina | 2 – 10 | Ri Chung Son |
  | | Flordelyn Digmayo | 1 – 9 | Nguyen Thi Hue |
  | | Abigael Busira Yunike | 2 – 10 | Chen Chia-ling |
  | | Suvd-Erdene Oyungerel | 9 – 6 | Maria Pittiglio |
  | | Cynthia Marella Moreno | 10 – 4 | Cindy Metz |
  | | Debora Dioncius | 5 – 7 | Sushma Kumari Yadav |
  | | Sofija Sidorova | 14 – 2 | Oxana Koroleva |
  | | Lyudmyla Hrytsay | 1 – 8 | Nicola Adams |
  | | Meryem Zeybek Aslan | 2 – 6 | Liudmila Bondarenko |
  | | Lorna Weaver | 9 – 7 | Melissa Guillemette |
  | | Jang A Eun | 10 – 5 | Mary Greg |
  | 60 kg |
  | | Nguyen Thi Vui | 1 – 11 | Ayzznat Gadzhieva |
  | | Gonca Yilmaz | 0 – 12 | Danusa Dilhofova |
  | | Katie Taylor | 20 – 3 | Emma Carruthers |
  | | Adriana Araujo | 5 – 11 | Peralta Celeste |
  | | Sandra Bruegger | 13 – 3 | Mikako Inagaki |
  | November 23, 2008 |
  | Weight | Red | | Blue |
  | 46 kg |
  | | Nguyen Thi Hoa | 3 – 7 | Josie Gabuco |
  | | Natalie Lungo-Vesenne | RSC R2 1:39 | Ariunjargal Battulga |
  | | Svetlana Gnevanova | 5 – 7 | Steluta Duta |
  | | Anusha Kodithuwakku | 3 – 10 | Nazgul Boranbayeva |
  | | Lin Wang-ting | 3 – 6 | Jong Ok |
  | | Risa Sugimoto | 1 – 24 | Mary Kom |
  | | Guan Xiao Feng | 9 – 0 | Serpil Yassikaya |
  | 52 kg |
  | | Jagoda Karge | 7 - +7 | Shakhnoza Issakhanova |
  | | Laishram Sarita | 12 – 5 | Ouchen Saliha |
  | | Nana Yoshikawa | 3 – 15 | Samiha Hassan |
  | 57 kg |
  | | Ingrid Egner | 1 – 9 | Yun Kum Ju |
  | | Mariya Sobchuk | 2 – 15 | Sofya Ochigava |
  | | Sapreen Ail | 1 – 15 | Karolina Graczyk |
  | | Qin Jian | 12 – 3 | Tasheena Bugar |
  | | Cheng Ting-chun | 1 – 9 | Tatjana Obradovic |
  | | Jamila Jones | 4 – 3 | Ngo Thi Chung |
  | | Zhulduzay Imanbayeva | 2 – 11 | Nagihan Gul |
  | 63 kg |
  | | Oliwia Luczak | 4 – 5 | Claire Ghabrial |
  | | Csilla Csejtei | 1 – 8 | Oleksandra Kozlan |
  | | Ri Hyon Hwa | 10 – 7 | Pineda Nanci |
  | | Amanda Coulson | 4 – 13 | Mary Spencer |
  | | Marichelle de Jong | 8 – 10 | Irina Poteyeva |
  | 70 kg |
  | | Ewa Piatkowska | 1 – 12 | Elena Vystropova |
  | | Arianne Fortin | RSC R1 2:00 | Elena Parks Grace |
  | | Liliya Durnyeva | 6 – 1 | Ronja Holgersson |
  | | Rana Abdelhamid | 4 – 8 | Nurcan Çarkçı |
  | 75 kg |
  | | Meredith Anne Della Giustian | 13 – 6 | Yuldus Mamatkulova |
  | | Ivashchenko Tetyana | 2 – 11 | Luminita Turcin |
  | | Maria Yavorskaya | 0 – 10 | Li Jin Zi |
  | 86 kg |
  | | Zhang Li Na | 8 – 6 | Elena Surkova |
  | | Şemsi Yaralı | 10 – 0 | Inna Shevchenko |
  | | Sylwia Kusiak | 2 – 12 | Tiffanie Nichole Hearn |
  | November 24, 2008 |
  | Weight | Red | | Blue |
  | 48 kg |
  | | Lidia Ion | 15 – 1 | Hoangthi Thom |
  | | Chen Ying | 12 – 0 | Kumiko Ikehara |
  | | Alexandra Kuleshova | 9 – 5 | Nargul Boranbayeva |
  | | Gulseda Basibutun | 2 – 5 | Ri Jong Hyang |
  | | Jenny Haedingz | 10 – 2 | Marlen Esparza |
  | | Selly Wanimpo | 4 – 9 | Tetiana Dakhina |
  | | Jacqueline Park | 4 – 3 | Alice Kate Aparri |
  | | Sofie Maja Molholt | 4 – 12 | Sarah Ourahmoune |
  | 50 kg |
  | | Chhoto Loura | 17 – 4 | Ngu Thi Thuyet |
  | | Nam Eun Jin | 1 – 14 | Nave Virginie |
  | | Elena Savelyeva | 6 – 5 | Aigerim Askarova |
  | | Tetyana Kob | 7 – 6 | Nilmini Jayasinghe |
  | | Benavidez Paola | 5 – 6 | Analisa Cruz |
  | | Naoko Fujioka | 4 – 10 | Diana Timofte |
  | | Sumeyra Yazici | 4 – 10 | Kim Hyang Ok |
  | | Li Si Yuan | 13 – 3 | Mandy Bujold |
  | 54 kg |
  | | Ayako Minowa | 13 – 3 | Tonje Sorlie |
  | | Hoi Lam Ho | RSC R2 1:22 | Karolina Michalczuk |
  | | Zhang Qin | 8 – 2 | Ri Chung Son |
  | | Nguyen Thi Hue | 1 – 8 | Chen Chia-Ling |
  | | Suvd-Erdene Oyungerel | 3 – 15 | Cynthia Marella Moreno |
  | | Sushma Kumari Yadav | 5 – 3 | Sofija Sidorova |
  | | Nicola Adams | 11 – 2 | Liudmila Bondarenko |
  | | Lorna Weaver | 12 – 5 | Jang A Eun |
  | 57 kg |
  | | Chisato Mizuno | RSCH R2 1:24 | Sabrina Ostawari |
  | | Usha Nagisetty | 12 – 1 | Erdenegerel Burmaa |
  | | Malene Christina Kloster Nielsen | 2 – 4 | Lucy Abel |
  | | Edina Pezdany | 7 – 5 | Alexandria brianne Cardenas |
  | | Athina Malefaki | RSC R2 1:03 | Yun Kum Ju |
  | | Sofya Ochigava | RSCH R1 2:00 | Karolina Graczyk |
  | | Qin Jian | 11 – 4 | Tatjana Obradovic |
  | | Jamila Jones | 7 – 8 | Nagihan Gul |
  | 80 kg |
  | | Beata Lesnik | 15 – 7 | Ulrike Brueckner |
  | | Tang Li Jie | 7 – 6 | Maria Kovacs |
  | | Marina Volnova | 3 – 18 | Anna Gladkikh |
  | | Iryna Komar | 3 – 11 | Selma Yağcı |
  | November 25, 2008 |
  | Weight | Red | | Blue |
  | 52 kg |
  | | le Thi Ngan Hang | RET R2 1:17 | Denisa Amza |
  | | Shim Hui Jeong | 1 – 23 | Ren Can Can |
  | | Chiu Ching-Ya | 6 – 5 | Shipra Nilsson |
  | | Viktoria Rudenko | 11 – 8 | Ayse Tas |
  | | Tong Song Hye | 11 – 6 | Victoria Usachenko |
  | | Sacred Downing | 0 – 18 | Annie Albania |
  | | Tserenchimeg Tserendorj | RSC R3 0:56 | Shakhnoza Issakhanova |
  | | Laishram Sarita | 12 – 5 | Samiha Hassan |
  | 60 kg |
  | | Leeann Boodram | 2 – 15 | Mitchel Martinez |
  | | Dong Cheng | 7 – 3 | Preeti Beniwal |
  | | Cindy Orain | 15 – 3 | Iulia Navacioiu |
  | | Caroline Barry | 17 – 6 | Su Wen-Hsien |
  | | Oleksandra Sydorenko | RSC R1 1:05 | Beata Szabo |
  | | Kim Hye Yong | 4 - +4 | Ayzznat Gadzhieva |
  | | Danusa Dilhofova | 3 – 4 | Katie Taylor |
  | | Peralta Celeste | 5 – 1 | Sandra Bruegger |
  | 63 kg |
  | | Timea Nagy | 6 – 11 | Klara Svensson |
  | | Yana Zavyalov | 5 – 2 | Bertaud Lucie |
  | | Liubov Lopatina | 8 – 1 | Larisa Rosu |
  | | Nguyen Thi Thu Huong | 1 – 13 | Natasha Jonas |
  | | Kathleen Dunn | 5 – 4 | Quanitta Lee Underwood |
  | | Jian Xia Ma | 7 – 4 | Yvonne Bak Rasmussen |
  | | Gülsüm Tatar | 7 – 5 | Saida Khassenova |
  | | Claire Ghabrial | 1 – 5 | Ri Hyon Hwa |
  | 66 kg |
  | | Dariga Shakimova | 4 – 10 | Qian Wang |
  | | Vanessa Nicol Jackson | 11 – 5 | Naomi-Lee Fischer-Rasmussen |
  | | Ri Suk Yong | 10 – 3 | Oleksandra Kozlan |
  | | Mary Spencer | 8 – 6 | Irina Poteyeva |
  | 70 kg |
  | | Debbie Bkaore | 8 – 17 | Yelena Koltsova |
  | | Jang Un Hui | 2 – 19 | Yang Ting Ting |
  | | Elena Vystropova | 3 – 13 | Arianne Fortin |
  | | Liliya Durnyeva | 6 – 10 | Nurcan Çarkçı |
  | 75 kg |
  | | Anita Ducza | 4 – 2 | Nikolina Orlović |
  | | Anna Laurell | 10 – 2 | Chimere Taylor |
  | | Amber Konikow | 9 – 2 | Meredith Giustian |
  | | Luminita Turcin | 2 – 10 | Li Jin Zi |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  | November 26, 2008 |
  | - |
  | Weight | Red | | Blue |
  | 46 kg |
  | | Oxana Shtakun | 3 – 7 | Josie Gabuco |
  | | Natalie Lungo-Vesenne | 0 – 5 | Steluta Duta |
  | | Nazgul Boranbayeva | 2 – 7 | Jong Ok |
  | | Mary Kom | 4 – 0 | Guan Xiao Feng |
  | 48 kg |
  | | Lidia Ion | 5 – 10 | Chen Ying |
  | | Alexandra Kuleshova | 8 – 2 | Ri Jong Hyang |
  | | Jenny Haedingz | 9 – 3 | Tetiana Dakhina |
  | | Jacqueline Park | 2 – 8 | Sarah Ourahmoune |
  | 50 kg |
  | | Chhoto Loura | 4 – 1 | Nave Virginie |
  | | Elena Savelyeva | 5 – 3 | Tetyana Kob |
  | | Analisa Cruz | 13 – 8 | Diana Timofte |
  | | Kim Hyang Ok | 6 – 5 | Li Si Yuan |
  | 52 kg |
  | | Le Thi Ngan Hang | 3 – 8 | Ren Can Can |
  | | Chiu Ching-Ya | 1 – 9 | Viktoria Rudenko |
  | | Tong Song Hye | 0 – 10 | Annie Albania |
  | | Tserenchimeg Tserendorj | RSCH R1 1:07 | Laishram Sarita |
  | 54 kg |
  | | Ayako Minowa | 2 – 18 | Karolina Michalczuk |
  | | Zhang Qin | 5 – 3 | Chen Chia-Ling |
  | | Cynthia Marella Moreno | 5 – 3 | Yadav Sushma Kumari |
  | | Nicola Adams | 7 – 2 | Lorna Weaver |
  | 57 kg |
  | | Sabrina Ostawari | 1 – 10 | Usha Nagisetty |
  | | Lucy Abel | 6 – 8 | Edina Pezdany |
  | | Yun Kum Ju | 1 – 8 | Sofya Ochigava |
  | | Qin Jian | 10 – 3 | Nagihan Gul |
  | 60 kg |
  | | Mitchel Martinez | 3 – 14 | Dong Cheng |
  | | Cindy Orain | 3 – 0 | Caroline Barry |
  | | Oleksandra Sydorenko | 5 – 13 | Ayzznat Gadzhieva |
  | | Katie Taylor | RSC R1 2:00 | Peralta Celeste |
  | 63 kg |
  | | Klara Svensson | 5 – 3 | Yana Zavyalov |
  | | Liubov Lopatina | 9 – 4 | Natasha Jonas |
  | | Kathleen Dunn | 0 – 11 | Jian Xia Ma |
  | | Gülsüm Tatar | 6 – 0 | Ri Hyon Hwa |
  | 80 kg |
  | | Fetti Paraschiva | +9 – 9 | Melinda Watpool |
  | | Mioshia Wagoner | 10 – 4 | Nadia Mohamed |
  | | Beata Lesnik | 2 – 11 | Tang Jie Li |
  | | Anna Gladkikh | 4 – 14 | Selma Yağcı |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  | November 28, 2008 |
  | - |
  | Weight | Red | | Blue |
  | 46 kg |
  | | Josie Gabuco | 5 – 7 | Steluta Duta |
  | | Jong Ok | 3 – 8 | Mary Kom |
  | 48 kg |
  | | Chen Ying | 6 – 5 | Alexandra Kuleshova |
  | | Jenny Haedingz | 0 – 8 | Sarah Ourahmoune |
  | 50 kg |
  | | Chhoto Loura | 2 – 3 | Elena Savelyeva |
  | | Analisa Cruz | 3 – 7 | Kim Hyang Ok |
  | 52 kg |
  | | Ren Can Can | 6 – 3 | Viktoria Rudenko |
  | | Annie Albania | 8 – 3 | Laishram Sarita |
  | 54 kg |
  | | Karolina Michalczuk | 9 – 4 | Zhang Qin |
  | | Cynthia Marella Moreno | 0 – 10 | Nicola Adams |
  | 57 kg |
  | | Usha Nagisetty | 6 – 0 | Edina Pezdany |
  | | Sofya Ochigava | 4 – 6 | Qin Jian |
  | 60 kg |
  | | Dong Cheng | 6 – 1 | Cindy Orain |
  | | Ayzznat Gadzhieva | 2 – 20 | Katie Taylor |
  | 63 kg |
  | | Klara Svensson | 5 – 8 | Liubov Lopatina |
  | | Jian Xia Ma | 3 – 4 | Gülsüm Tatar |
  | 66 kg |
  | | Qian Wang | 3 – 7 | Vanessa Nicol Jackson |
  | | Ri Suk Yong | 2 – 7 | Mary Spencer |
  | 70 kg |
  | | Yelena Koltsova | 0 – 19 | Yang Ting Ting |
  | | Arianne Fortin | 16 – 5 | Nurcan Çarkçı |
  | 75 kg |
  | | Anita Ducza | 2 – 8 | Anna Laurell |
  | | Amber Konikow | 0 – 9 | Li Jin Zi |
  | 80 kg |
  | | Fetti Paraschiva | 4 – 8 | Mioshia Wagoner |
  | | Tang Jie Li | 8 – 6 | Selma Yağcı |
  | 86 kg |
  | | Adriana Hosu | 8 – 2 | Zhang Li Na |
  | | Şemsi Yaralı | 7 – 5 | Tiffanie Nichole Hearn |
  
  ### Finals
  
  | November 29, 2008 |
  | - |
  | Weight | Red | | Blue |
  | 46 kg |
  | | Steluta Duta | 1 – 7 | Mary Kom |
  | 48 kg |
  | | Ying Chen | 5 – 1 | Sarah Ourahmoune |
  | 50 kg |
  | | Elena Savelyeva | 2 – 9 | Kim Hyang Ok |
  | 52 kg |
  | | Ren Can Can | 4 – 3 | Annie Albania |
  | 54 kg |
  | | Karolina Michalczuk | 10 – 6 | Nicola Adams |
  | 57 kg |
  | | Usha Nagisetty | 1 – 6 | Qin Jian |
  | 60 kg |
  | | Dong Cheng | 2 – 13 | Katie Taylor |
  | 63 kg |
  | | Liubov Lopatina | 0 – 11 | Gülsüm Tatar |
  | 66 kg |
  | | Vanessa Nicol Jackson | 2 – 9 | Mary Spencer |
  | 70 kg |
  | | Yang Ting Ting | 6 – 11 | Arianne Fortin |
  | 75 kg |
  | | Anna Laurell | 1 – 9 | Li Jin Zi |
  | 80 kg |
  | | Mioshia Wagoner | 1 – 11 | Tang Jie Li |
  | 86 kg |
  | | Adriana Hosu | 2 – 7 | Şemsi Yaralı |
  