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During his official visit to Uzbekistan AIBA President Umar Kremlev had a meeting with the Prime Minister of the country Mr. Abdulla Aripov. Development of boxing in Uzbekistan and hosting of Men’s World Championships in 2023 were the main points of agenda. Mr. Kremlev expressed gratitude to Mr. Abdulla Aripov for support in the promotion […]

Top boxers and junior national team of Uzbekistan took part in joint training together with AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev in Tashkent. Mr. Kremlev is the first AIBA President, who has such a practice. The main goal is to communicate with athletes directly, to understand their needs. The President addressed to young athletes with motivational […]

Due to the special circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, AIBA Board of Directors decided to exceptionally change the conditions of the Host City Agreement concerning host fees for the 2021 Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships. AIBA shall exceptionally renounce to request the Polish Boxing Federation to pay host fees (pre-agreed amount of CHF […]

Kazakhstan’s two-time AIBA World Boxing Championships silver medallist Kamshybek Kunkabayev is appointed as an Ambassador of the upcoming AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which takes place in Kielce, Poland on April 10-24. “I am excited to become an Ambassador of the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships and promote the tournament worldwide. Elite […]

President of the International Boxing Association Mr. Umar Kremlev during his visit to Uzbekistan officially announced that AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships will take place in Tashkent in 2023.  The city of Tashkent is awarded the 2023 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships after the successful bid presentation by the Boxing Federation of Uzbekistan. The AIBA […]

The structure of the AIBA Committees was formed. Marketing Committee   #cosplan# Position Country First name Last name 1 Chair Poland Cezary Jedliński 2 Vice-Chair Sri-Lanka Dian Gomes 3 Member Estonia Jelena Kalbina 4 Member USA Michael Joseph Campbell Jr 5 Member Australia Kiritia Barker 6 Member Egypt Mohamed El Sayed Touma Competitions Committee   […]

Bulgaria’s new sensation, a former Cuban boxer, Javier Ibanez has been appointed as Ambassador of the upcoming AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships, which will take place in Kielce, Poland on April 10-24. The AIBA Youth World Champion himself, Ibanez is one of the best of the men’s featherweight (57kg) among the elite […]

Following the registration deadline for the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships, an impressive number of 66 nations will take part in the event. The number of registered women boxers excluding the reserves is 160, while 327 male athletes are to attend the event. The total number of registered boxers is 487, which […]

Media accreditation for the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships has started last week and will last until April 5th.  To apply, please send the following information by email to communication@aiba.org  name and surname e-mail  phone number name of your media duty position photo a copy of your passport/ID name / surname / […]

Two-times AIBA World Champion and Olympic champion István Kovács was appointed as a Secretary General of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).  The decision was taken by the AIBA Board of Directors on Monday, March 22nd, during a meeting via videoconference.  ‘The fate of our organization has to be decided and will be decided by the boxers themselves. […]

The Turkish Boxing Federation’s new elite event, the Istanbul Bosphorus International Boxing Tournament, ended with thirteen finals on the fifth competition day. Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Argentinean men boxers made considerable progress as compared to their previous performance, while Russian girls claimed three gold medals in Istanbul. The Istanbul Bosphorus Boxing Tournament was held for […]

Dear AIBA National Federations, Dear Boxing Family, On behalf of the Polish Boxing Association, I would like to kindly inform you that despite the lockdown announced in Poland and the related sanitary restrictions, our preparations for the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships are proceeding as planned, and the championships will be held […]

Final preparations have turned into the last stage before the AIBA Men’s and Women’s Youth World Boxing Championships. Less than a month left before the start of the competition, where 20 champions will be crowned. At the moment, 51 countries and about 400 boxers confirmed their participation. The Polish city of Kielce, which recently organized […]

The Istanbul Bosphorus International Boxing Tournament saw more than 50 preliminary contests on the second day of boxing. The men’s lightweight (63kg) had several excellent bouts on Day 2, and those winners advanced to the quarter-finals of the event. Turkey’s European Games winner Busenaz Cakiroglu bowed out her first opponent but she had to do […]

The Bulgarian Boxing Federation hosted the Strandja Memorial Tournament in late February featuring boxing stars and have also recently held their next international competition, the Emil Jechev Youth Memorial Tournament. Bulgaria’s three-time European Champion talent, William Cholov dominated the middleweight (75kg) during the four days of the event and won another title. One of the […]

XVI Danas Pozniakas Youth Tournament was held in Vilnus, Lithuania, as a run-up to AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships for boxers. Rafael Lozano Serrano, 16, son of the Spanish two-time Olympic medallist, national boxing legend and head coach Rafael Lozano Munoz, was awarded the title in light flyweight category (49kg) in Vilnius. Danas Pozniakas was […]

The AIBA Asian Forum, where 32 countries participated, took place virtually on the 15th of March. During the Forum the AIBA leadership and the NFs of the continent discussed a number of crucial issues, including the new AIBA Constitution, new committees and reforms, the event calendar, the development plan for the continent and the communication […]

Germany’s main international competition, the Cologne Boxing World Cup, ended with its exciting final bouts. Germany, Brazil, Kazakhstan, France and the Netherlands shared gold medals of the event. The first titles of the Cologne Boxing World Cup were earned by Jucielen Romeu of Brazil and Kevin Boakye-Schumann of Germany. AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev opened […]

The Boxing Academy will be built in Germany by the joint efforts of the German Boxing Association and AIBA. This decision was taken during the official visit of AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev to the country where he awarded the winners of the Cologne Boxing World Cup.    Mr. Kremlev met with German Boxing Association […]

AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev continues direct communication with boxers from all other the world. On Saturday, he visited Germany and its famous tournament, the Cologne Boxing World Cup on the day of the finals. He had training with the participants of the competition and gifted them boxing equipment.   ‘I was enjoying to see […]