2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Lightweight

The Lightweight competition was the five-lowest weight featured at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 60 kilograms in body mass.

Seeds

 * 1) 🇨🇺 Idel Torriente (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇦🇲 Hrachik Javakhyan (second round)
 * 3) 🇹🇲 Serdar Hudayberdiev (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇹🇷 Yakup Kılıç (first round)
 * 5) 🇭🇺 Miklós Varga (second round)
 * 6) 🇮🇹 Domenico Valentino  (champion)
 * 7) 🇷🇺 Albert Selimov (semifinals)
 * 8)  José Pedraza (final)