It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history.

[1][2] The competition was under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing, the AIBA.

Originally, Cameroon, Trinidad and Tobago and Uzbekistan each expressed interest in hosting the championships.

This left Italy and South Korea remaining, who were the final two countries in contention during the bidding process to host the 2009 championships.

The city of Milan in Italy was then chosen to host the competition.