The Men's 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from August 17 to 30.
The first edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.
A total number of 274 boxers from 45 countries entered.
Yevgeni YudinSoviet Union Constantin GruiescuRomania David TorosyanSoviet Union Rigoberto GaribaldiPanama José Luis VellonPuerto Rico Amon KoteyGhana Zbigniew KickaPoland Joseph NsubugaUganda Dragomir VujkovićYugoslavia Leon SpinksUnited States Rajko MiljićYugoslavia