The 2021 edition of the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championship took place in Kielce, Poland. 487 boxers - 327 boys and 160 girls-athletes from 66 countries took part in the competition. The joint youth сhampionship for men and women became the third in history after Sofia-2014 and Budapest-2018.
Illia Tohobytskyi, the cadet of the Faculty No. 2 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, took part in the World Championship as part of the National Team of Ukraine and won second place in the 75 kg weight category. 19 athletes (10 boys and 9 girls) represented the Ukrainian national team. They won 1 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze awards and took fifth place among teams in the championship standings.