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Dear National Federations, I am coming back to the email sent to you the day before the Congress of 12/13 December 2020 in relation to allegations made against Mr. Boris van der Vorst. All these allegations are wrong and misleading respectively harmful to AIBA’s election process. The sender of this email was „aiba election” with […]

AIBA African Virtual Forum is scheduled to be held on February 7th, 2021. AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev will visit Nairobi, Kenya, the capital of the event, while the AIBA Board of Directors and National Federations representatives will join virtually.    Mr. Kremlev claimed that he would be happy to welcome each country of the […]

From today on, AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev is concentrated at work in AIBA only. He has just left his position of Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation (RBF). The new Secretary General of the RBF, Mr. Kirill Shchekutyev, was appointed by RBF Executive Committee for four years on Friday.  Mr. Kremlev was a […]

Committee candidates National Federations will propose candidatures to form the AIBA Committees after the Board of Directors’ decision to approve new Organizational Regulations.    Two out of the five new regulation documents were drafted by the AIBA legal team in accordance with the new AIBA Constitution. Organizational Regulations include a definition of the composition, organization, […]

AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s Championships takes place in Kielce, Poland on April 10-24. The country confirmed its willingness to host the tournament as scheduled at the highest level and in accordance with all safety measures.   AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev visited Poland on January 23rd for official meeting with the Polish Boxing Association […]

The Global Boxing Cup is rescheduled by the AIBA Board of Directors’ decision to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Russia will host the competition with a finals in Moscow. ‘We are following the pandemic situation carefully and are in contact with doctors. Although we have cautious optimism about the situation in general, I totally […]

AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev visited boxing matches between six national teams in Lublin, Poland on Saturday, January 23rd.  Before the bouts started, he have met with all athletes and coaches who represented teams from Poland, Lithuania, Jordan, Russia, Estonia and the Czech Republic.  The President greeted the teams, told them about AIBA reforms and […]

AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev arrived in Poland, where he held a working meeting with the country’s Minister of Sports Mrs. Anna Krupka. The meeting was attended by the head of the Polish Boxing Association, Mr. Grzegorz Nowaczek. The focus of the meeting was the organization of the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing […]

AIBA renounces to ask National Federations to pay any membership fee for the year 2021 in view of the exceptional situation caused by the COVID pandemic. The AIBA Board has further adopted today a new Membership policy providing for highest standards of governance to be met by all members of the boxing family. Such enhanced […]

In February 2021, AIBA, with the support of the International Testing Agency (ITA), will launch a large-scale anti-doping educational program in the framework of AIBA’s Continental Forums. On January 11th, AIBA renewed its contract with the ITA for 2021 to ensure a state-of-art anti-doping program for boxing. AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev and ITA Director […]

AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev signed an agreement with International Testing Agency (ITA), represented by Director General Benjamin Cohen, extending the collaboration between AIBA and ITA for 2021. ‘AIBA is fully committed to clean sports. In boxing, we continue to fight doping at all levels to make sure our sport is completely doping-free. We are […]

Dear colleagues, friends, members of National Federations and all boxing fans! I sincerely wish you a Happy New Year! The outgoing year has been challenging for the whole world, including our boxing community. The pandemic has made adjustments to our plans, but we have passed all the tests with dignity. Thank you for the trust […]

New Committees are established  Five new Committees were established under the adopted AIBA Constitution during the virtual Board of Directors meeting. In addition to four Committees standing in the Constitution – Disciplinary Committee, Ethics Committee, Athletes Committee and the Audit Committee – the Directors created five new committees. These are: Coaches Committee – which will […]

AIBA Board of Directors voted in favor to establish Committees under the new Constitution during the virtual meeting on Friday, December 18.  In total, there are nine Committees approved, in addition to the Ethics Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Athletes Committee, and Audit Committee standing in the Constitution.    Newly established Committees are Coaches Committee, Champions & Veterans Committee, Competitions […]

AIBA continues to pay attention to best practice measures and new updates that will assist us to safeguard our athletes. As such, the AIBA Medical Handbook has been updated to ensure the continued safety and health of AIBA’s Boxers. The following amendments and recommendations were discussed during the Medical Commission meeting on March 6 in […]

AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev expressed condolences on passing away of Mr. Terry Smith. ‘On behalf of myself and the entire boxing family, I would like to express my most heartfelt condolences and my deepest sympathy for the mourning of Mr. Terry Smith,’ Mr.Kremlev said. ‘He will always be remembered for his great passion and […]

The AIBA Congress has expressed its will for reforms with the democratic election of the new President and adoption of the new Constitution. The main AIBA bi-annual event was conducted virtually on December 12-13, 2020, with voting procedures, carried out on the secure Lumi Global platform. Day 1. Presidential election With 155 out of 158 […]

Following the election of Umar Kremlev as the new President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on Saturday, the boxing body adopted its new Constitution with an overwhelming majority during the second day of its Congress meeting today with 84 votes in favor, 25 votes against and 21 abstentions. The principle objectives of the constitutional […]

Umar Kremlev is the new president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), winning the election on Saturday with 57.33 per cent of the vote. Kremlev has called for unity and reforms in AIBA, the sports body that represents amateur boxing worldwide. The election was held virtually at AIBA’s ongoing congress due to the pandemic. It […]

AIBA Interim President Dr. Mohamed Moustahsane prepared the report for AIBA Congress.   The document is available on the AIBA website for the review of National Federations prior to the Day 2 of the AIBA Congress, it can be found here below and on the Congress 2020 dedicated page.   During the Congress, Dr. Moustahsane […]