Strandzha Cup
The Strandzha Cup (Bulgarian: Купа Странджа, also spelled Strandja Cup and officially known as the Strandja Memorial) is an international amateur boxing tournament held annually in Bulgaria. It often determines who will qualify to compete at the upcoming summer Olympic games. The Strandja Cup is the oldest international amateur boxing competition in Europe.[citation needed] The first tournament was held in 1950 at the "Yunak" stadium in Sofia. The trophy is awarded to the best boxer of the tournament. The first cup was awarded to Hristo Popov, born 1931.
Past editions of the tournament
| Year | Host City | Strandja Cup Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sofia |  Simeon Chamov
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| 2014 | Sofia | Tervel Pulev
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| 2013 | Sofia | Alexandur Alexandrov
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| 2012 | Sofia | Stefan Ivanov
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| 2011 | Pazardjik | Tervel Pulev
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| 2010 | Yambol | Detelin Dalakliev
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| 2009 | Plovdiv | Lyeben Todorov
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Past Strandja Memorial Editions
Host cities
- Sofia - 41 times
- Plovdiv - 9 times
- Yambol - 6 times
- Gabrovo - 1 times
- Veliko Tarnovo - 1 times
- Pleven - 1 times
- Burgas - 1 times
Most successful fighters
- * means current champion
- Tsacho Andreikovski - 4 titles (1974, 1976, 1978, 1979)
- Daniel Petrov - 4 titles (1994, 1997, 1998, 1999)
- Serafim Todorov - 3 titles (1989, 1993, 1996)
Beatriz Ferreira- 3 titles (2019, 2021,2023*)
Amit Panghal- 3 titles (2018, 2019, 2024)
Notable participants
Anatoli Bulakov
Armando Martinez- Petar Lesov
- Tontcho Tontchev
- Dimitar Stilianov
- Serafim Todorov
- Boris Georgiev
- Kubrat Pulev
Amir Khan- David Price
Alexander Povetkin
Roberto Cammarelle- Billy Joe Saunders
Oleksandr Usyk- Wladimir Klitschko
- Félix Savón
Ruslan Chagaev- Vadim Musaev
- Beatriz Ferreira
- Amit Panghal