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Before the final competitions AIBA President Umar Kremlev used the opportunity to meet personally with young European athletes, to communicate with them directly and answer their questions. ‘The Finals of the European Championships will take place 24th of June. I would like to express my deep gratitude to all the organizers: the Italian Boxing Federation, […]

On behalf of the entire boxing family, AIBA would like to express most heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathy for the mourning of Mr. Muhammad Jahangir Riaz, Head of Green Hill, partner company for many years. He dedicated many years of his life to the development of boxing and other sports, including but not limited to […]

AIBA today reiterated its support for refugee boxers and the work of the UNHCR as the international federation celebrated World Refugee Day. A number of high profile refugee boxers, some having competed at the AIBA Boxing World Championships have led the way in showing how boxing can serve the fight for social justice. “Far too […]

Two sessions were held on the opening day of boxing at the EUBC U22 European Boxing Championships in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy. Ireland’s Kieran Molloy, France’s Hugo Grau and Denmark’s Sebastian Terteryan eliminated top opponents on Thursday. Roseto degli Abruzzi hosted the 2018 EUBC European Youth Boxing Championships, and after three years of break, continental […]

International Boxing Association (AIBA) set a prize fund of $320,000 USD for the medalists of the EUBC U22 European Boxing Championships which starts with the first fights today. The finals, both men’s and women’s, are scheduled for June 24.  The winners will receive $8,000 USD. For silver medalists, AIBA provides a prize of $4,000 USD, […]

The bright opening ceremony of the EUBC U22 European Boxing Championships was held in Roseto degli Abruzzi to mark the start of the tournament. The first fights are scheduled for today, June 17.  Roseto Major Mr. Sabatino Di Girolamo and FPI Vice President Mr. Fabrizio Baldantoni greeted the participants and officials. EUBC President Mr. Franco […]

On 14th of June Men’s Russian Boxing Cup started in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The opening ceremony was attended by President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Umar Kremlev, Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Evgeny Kuyvashev and Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation Kirill Shchekutyev. ‘The Sverdlovsk Region is truly a boxing center. Ekaterinburg hosted the […]

International Boxing Association (AIBA) has retained McLaren Sport Solution (MGSS), led by Professor Richard McLaren, to conduct a two-phase independent investigation, starting with the refereeing and judging of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games boxing tournament. The IOC had identified the refereeing and judging of the tournament as an issue in its report which led to […]

Support of the National Federations and their athletes is the priority of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). AIBA received several requests from various National Federations from Africa, the Americas and Asia with a plea to organize a training camp for their athletes, as they prepare for competitions, in the light of the impossibility of arranging […]

The tragic death of Jordanian boxer Rashed Al-Swaisat has denied our sport and the world a great athlete and a great man. AIBA’s thoughts remain with his family and friends at this difficult time.  Born in Amman in 2002, Rashed started his sporting journey as a taekwondo athlete at only five years old. Together with […]

The next major competition, the EUBC U22 European Boxing Championships will be held in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy, between the 17th and 24th of June. Due to the cancellation of the 2020 edition, boxers who were born in 1998 are also eligible to attend the tournament. Following this decision, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 […]

AIBA Secretary General István Kovács took part in the 34th Belgrade Marathon, which is held annually in the capital of Serbia. This is a traditional race that has been held since 1988, it attracts thousands of participants. Due to the pandemic, only 1000 athletes took part in this year’s marathon, including Mr. Kovács and his […]

On 28 May, the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) announced that Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, will be hosting the World Combat Games 2023, an international multi-sport event featuring 15 combat sports and martial arts. Boxing will be one of the sports on the programme. World Combat Games (WCG) is set to […]

AIBA President Umar Kremlev visited the opening ceremony of the World Judo Championship Seniors, which is taking place in Budapest from 6th to 13th of June 2021. With Mr. Schmitt Pal, IOC Member & Former President of Hungary and Dr. Zeneemyadar Batbayar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to Hungary AIBA President honored the medalists […]

AIBA is aware of potential issues and allegations concerning the judging of certain bouts at the Asian Boxing Championships held in Dubai. AIBA takes such allegations very seriously. After liaising with several National Boxing Federations, AIBA anticipates the Refereeing and Judging (R&J) Committee will conduct an immediate investigation into the work of all relevant appointed […]

Following the AIBA 3-star Coaches Course and the AIBA 3-star Referee & Judge Course, another education program was scheduled at the ASBC Asian Men’s & Women’s Elite Boxing Championships in Dubai. The next generation of International Technical Officials attended the ITO Course during the competition. AIBA hosted its last ITO Course more than two years […]

General statistics of the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships Number of participating boxers: 150 Number of participating nations: 17 Biggest delegations: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with 20-20 boxers Number of medallist nations: 12 Number of bouts in the event: 130 Historical moments in the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships – Indonesia had a woman finalist at […]

The 10 top qualify of male finals were held in the last competition day at the ASBC Asian Men’s & Women’s Elite Boxing Championships in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Uzbekistan’s Shakhobidin Zoirov had a fantastic battle against India’s Amit Panghal in the repeat match of the final of the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships. […]

The exciting women’s finals were held in the sixth competition day at the ASBC Asian Men’s & Women’s Elite Boxing Championships in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Kazakhstan dominated the women’s finals, their boxers achieved eight gold medals out of the ten. Uzbekistan and India also achieved one title in Dubai, where Kazakhstan’s Nazym Kyzaibay […]

The men’s semi-finals with 20 bouts were held on the fifth competition day at the ASBC Asian Men’s & Women’s Elite Boxing Championships in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. Uzbekistan became the best nation after it, seven of their boxers advanced to the finals while Kazakhstan performed well also and five of them joined the […]