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Dates, Venue and Background

Date and place - October 5 to 15 in Doha, Qatar

Venue - Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena

The 2015 AIBA World Championships was unveiled with a spectacular opening ceremony on October 5, with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach adding his support to AIBA President C K Wu.

The event was particularly historic because it was first World Championships in the Middle East.

"This has been a huge step for the global development of boxing," said Wu. 

"Bringing the AIBA World Boxing Championships to Qatar and the Middle East for the first time in history was really special, and it was tremendous to see the local communities in Doha coming out in their thousands to see the best boxers battle to be crowned world champions.

"The organisers have been first class, from the spectacular arena to the incredible facilities for our boxers and the full logistical side of the event. Doha has really set a new benchmark for the AIBA World Championships, and I think it is safe to say that this was the best ever."

A total of 18 different countries were represented at the semi-final stage, underlining the universal appeal of boxing around the world. 

In the gold medal matches, boxers from Azerbaijan, Cuba, France, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Russia and Uzbekistan competed for the title of world champion.

Highlighting the importance of AIBA’s "HeadsUp!" campaign, there were no incidents of concussion during the 238 bouts. 

Officially launched during the Championships with workshops for referees and coaches, the first phase of the ongoing initiative sought to instil a more upright style and keep boxers' health a priority.

Yousuf Ali Al Kazim, President of the Qatar Boxing Federation, believed of equal importance as staging a first-class event was leaving a strong legacy for Qatar boxing.

"This has been a defining moment for boxing in this region and as history was made, new generations of boxing talent are left inspired," he said. 

"We cherish the friendship and relationship we share with you and we will undoubtedly see Qatar continuing to be an integral part of the development of boxing here in the Middle-East and across the world. That is our commitment. 

"That is our pledge."

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The Winners

Who won what

Cuba topped the medal table at Doha 2015 with four golds, two silvers and one bronze.

Middleweight Arlen Lopez, light flyweight Joahnys Argilagos, lightweight Lázaro Álvarez and light heavyweight Julio César La Cruz all won top honours for the Caribbean nation.

The country's two silvers followed defeats for heavyweight Erislandy Savon and flyweight Yosbany Veitia in their finals against Russia’s Evgeny Tishchenko and Azerbaijan’s Elvin Mamishzada respectively.

Russia finished second in the medal table with light welterweight Vitaly Dunaytsev adding to Tishchenko’s triumph.

The three other gold medallists were Irish bantamweight Michael Conlan, Moroccan welterweight Mohammed Rabiiand French super heavyweight Tony Yoka.

View live blogs, medal tables and results from Doha 2015