# 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Light heavyweight

The Light heavyweight competition was the third-heaviest class featured at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships, held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex. Heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 81 kilograms (179 lb) in body mass.

## Medalists

| Gold | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) |
| Silver | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) |
| Bronze | Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) |
| Bronze | Elshod Rasulov (UZB) |

## Seeds

* Egor Mekhontsev (semifinals)
* Joseph Ward (third round)
* Hrvoje Sep (second round)
* Enrico Kölling (third round)
* Damien Hooper (quarterfinals)
* Kim Hyeong-kyu (second round)
* Elshod Rasulov (semifinals)
* Ramil Aliyev (third round)
* Imre Szellő (second round)
* Yamaguchi Falcao (third round)
* Yahia El-Mekachari (second round)
* Dinesh Kumar (third round)

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) | 15 | | | |
| 4 | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | 21 | | | |
| 4 | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | 21 | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | 17 |
| | | | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 13 |
| 3 | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 11 | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 13 |
| 2 | Elshod Rasulov (UZB) | 9 | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) | Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) | 19 | | | | | | |
| Ainar Karlson (EST) | Ainar Karlson (EST) | 18 | Ainar Karlson (EST) | Ainar Karlson (EST) | 12 | | | | | | |
| Ioannis Militopoulos (GRE) | Ioannis Militopoulos (GRE) | 8 | | | | Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) | Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) | 14 | | | |
| Chingis Borbashev (KGZ) | Chingis Borbashev (KGZ) | 22 | | | | Marcus Browne (USA) | Marcus Browne (USA) | 6 | | | |
| Levan Guledani (GEO) | Levan Guledani (GEO) | 24 | Levan Guledani (GEO) | Levan Guledani (GEO) | 6 | | | | | | |
| Yoshitsuna Okada (JPN) | Yoshitsuna Okada (JPN) | | Marcus Browne (USA) | Marcus Browne (USA) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Marcus Browne (USA) | Marcus Browne (USA) | RSCH | | | | | | | Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) | Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) | 27 |
| Imre Szello (HUN) | Imre Szello (HUN) | 21 | | | | | | | Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR) | Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR) | 21 |
| Kennedy Katende (SWE) | Kennedy Katende (SWE) | 10 | Imre Szello (HUN) | Imre Szello (HUN) | 11 | | | | | | |
| Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR) | Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR) | RSCH | Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR) | Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR) | 25 | | | | | | |
| Jovan Young (JAM) | Jovan Young (JAM) | | | | | Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR) | Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR) | 17 | | | |
| Georginel Hau (ROM) | Georginel Hau (ROM) | 13 | | | | Ramil Aliyev (AZE) | Ramil Aliyev (AZE) | 15 | | | |
| Rasul Yuldashev (TKM) | Rasul Yuldashev (TKM) | 17 | Rasul Yuldashev (TKM) | Rasul Yuldashev (TKM) | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | Ramil Aliyev (AZE) | Ramil Aliyev (AZE) | 23 | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Damien Hooper (AUS) | Damien Hooper (AUS) | 15 | | | | | | |
| Elmohamady Elalfy (EGY) | Elmohamady Elalfy (EGY) | 12 | Ahmad Alteimat (JOR) | Ahmad Alteimat (JOR) | 9 | | | | | | |
| Ahmad Alteimat (JOR) | Ahmad Alteimat (JOR) | 13 | | | | Damien Hooper (AUS) | Damien Hooper (AUS) | 16 | | | |
| Bosko Drasković (MNE) | Bosko Drasković (MNE) | 17 | | | | Dinesh Kumar (IND) | Dinesh Kumar (IND) | 7 | | | |
| Maxwell Amponsah (GHA) | Maxwell Amponsah (GHA) | 7 | Bosko Drasković (MNE) | Bosko Drasković (MNE) | DSQ | | | | | | |
| Deepak Maharjan (NEP) | Deepak Maharjan (NEP) | 8 | Dinesh Kumar (IND) | Dinesh Kumar (IND) | | | | | | | |
| Dinesh Kumar (IND) | Dinesh Kumar (IND) | 20 | | | | | | | Damien Hooper (AUS) | Damien Hooper (AUS) | 13 |
| Caner Sayak (TUR) | Caner Sayak (TUR) | 19 | | | | | | | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | 14 |
| Kriangkai Sukkhum (THA) | Kriangkai Sukkhum (THA) | 10 | Caner Sayak (TUR) | Caner Sayak (TUR) | 7 | | | | | | |
| Mikhail Dauhaliavets (BLR) | Mikhail Dauhaliavets (BLR) | 11 | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | 17 | | | | | | |
| Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | 25 | | | | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | Julio César la Cruz (CUB) | 8 | | | |
| Reece Papuni (NZL) | Reece Papuni (NZL) | 10 | | | | Enrico Koelling (GER) | Enrico Koelling (GER) | 6 | | | |
| Sandagsürengiin Erdenebayar (MGL) | Sandagsürengiin Erdenebayar (MGL) | 18 | Sandagsürengiin Erdenebayar (MGL) | Sandagsürengiin Erdenebayar (MGL) | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Enrico Koelling (GER) | Enrico Koelling (GER) | 12 | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Hrvoje Sep (CRO) | Hrvoje Sep (CRO) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Lenon Bannis (DMA) | Lenon Bannis (DMA) | DSQ | Džemal Bošnjak (BIH) | Džemal Bošnjak (BIH) | 17 | | | | | | |
| Džemal Bošnjak (BIH) | Džemal Bošnjak (BIH) | | | | | Džemal Bošnjak (BIH) | Džemal Bošnjak (BIH) | 6 | | | |
| Meng Fanlong (CHN) | Meng Fanlong (CHN) | 23 | | | | Meng Fanlong (CHN) | Meng Fanlong (CHN) | 13 | | | |
| Dario Alfaro (MEX) | Dario Alfaro (MEX) | 9 | Meng Fanlong (CHN) | Meng Fanlong (CHN) | 20 | | | | | | |
| Daugirdas Šemiotas (LTU) | Daugirdas Šemiotas (LTU) | 13 | Daugirdas Šemiotas (LTU) | Daugirdas Šemiotas (LTU) | 9 | | | | | | |
| Marko Nikolić (SRB) | Marko Nikolić (SRB) | 9 | | | | | | | Meng Fanlong (CHN) | Meng Fanlong (CHN) | 8 |
| Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN) | Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN) | 13 | | | | | | | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 19 |
| Simone Fiori (ITA) | Simone Fiori (ITA) | 11 | Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN) | Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Jeysson Monroy (COL) | Jeysson Monroy (COL) | 18 | Jeysson Monroy (COL) | Jeysson Monroy (COL) | 14 | | | | | | |
| Alexander Ullenes (NOR) | Alexander Ullenes (NOR) | 7 | | | | Jeysson Monroy (COL) | Jeysson Monroy (COL) | | | | |
| Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 16 | | | | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | KO | | | |
| Vladimir Cheles (MDA) | Vladimir Cheles (MDA) | 11 | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 14 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kim Hyeong-kyu (KOR) | Kim Hyeong-kyu (KOR) | 9 | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | Elshod Rasulov (UZB) | Elshod Rasulov (UZB) | 22 | | | | | | |
| Keddy Agnes (SEY) | Keddy Agnes (SEY) | 14 | Dariel Ebanks Pol (CAY) | Dariel Ebanks Pol (CAY) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Dariel Ebanks Pol (CAY) | Dariel Ebanks Pol (CAY) | 15 | | | | Elshod Rasulov (UZB) | Elshod Rasulov (UZB) | 17 | | | |
| Carlos Gongora (ECU) | Carlos Gongora (ECU) | RSC | | | | Yamaguchi Falcao (BRA) | Yamaguchi Falcao (BRA) | 12 | | | |
| Osmar Bravo (NCA) | Osmar Bravo (NCA) | | Carlos Gongora (ECU) | Carlos Gongora (ECU) | 18 | | | | | | |
| Amine Azzouzi (MAR) | Amine Azzouzi (MAR) | 5 | Yamaguchi Falcao (BRA) | Yamaguchi Falcao (BRA) | 25 | | | | | | |
| Yamaguchi Falcao (BRA) | Yamaguchi Falcao (BRA) | 17 | | | | | | | Elshod Rasulov (UZB) | Elshod Rasulov (UZB) | 15 |
| Felix Valera (DOM) | Felix Valera (DOM) | 14 | | | | | | | Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) | Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) | 7 |
| Igor Jakubowski (POL) | Igor Jakubowski (POL) | 16 | Igor Jakubowski (POL) | Igor Jakubowski (POL) | | | | | | | |
| Artur Khachatryan (ARM) | Artur Khachatryan (ARM) | 8 | Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) | Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) | RSCI | | | | | | |
| Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) | Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) | 15 | | | | Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) | Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) | +15 | | | |
| Stoimen Dimitrov (BUL) | Stoimen Dimitrov (BUL) | | | | | Joe Ward (IRL) | Joe Ward (IRL) | 15 | | | |
| Dilovarsho Abdurakhmonov (TJK) | Dilovarsho Abdurakhmonov (TJK) | RSC | Dilovarsho Abdurakhmonov (TJK) | Dilovarsho Abdurakhmonov (TJK) | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | Joe Ward (IRL) | Joe Ward (IRL) | 22 | | | | | | |