Tag: AIBA

  • APB Technical & Competition Rules

    APB Technical & Competition Rules

    Bangkok, Thailand, 11 July 2012 – AIBA President, Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu closed on Tuesday 10 July the 2012-2013 AIBA Executive Committee Meeting that was held over three days in Bangkok, Thailand.  The most significant topic on the agenda was the approval of the first ever AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) Technical & Competition Rules. Some amendments…

  • Kosovo Boxing Federation joins AIBA Family

    Kosovo Boxing Federation joins AIBA Family

    Bangkok, Thailand, July 09, 2012 – AIBA is pleased to announce that the Kosovo Boxing Federation (FboxK) has been accepted today by the AIBA Executive Committee as a Provisional Member of the AIBA Family. Kosovo sent a delegation to Bangkok (Thailand), where the AIBA Executive Committee is meeting at the moment, to support its application…

  • AIBA Executive Committee awards upcoming

    AIBA Executive Committee awards upcoming

    Bangkok, Thailand, July 09, 2012 – On Day Two of its 2012-2013 Meeting, the AIBA Executive Committee awarded the 2013 AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships to Kiev (Ukraine), the 2014 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships to Sofia (Bulgaria) and the 2014 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships to Canada. Represented by its President Mr. Vladimir Prodyvus…

  • Poland WSB Franchise joins 2012-2013

    Poland WSB Franchise joins 2012-2013

    Bangkok, Thailand, July 08, 2012: Franchise, The World Series of Boxing is very pleased to welcome a new addition in its line-up for 2012-2013 season after an agreement was signed on Sunday 8 July 2012 with the Polish Boxing Association and Stand4Them Promotions sp. z o.o. “Following on from the recent addition of Argentina and…

  • Hudayberdiyev reaps rewards from AIBA

    Hudayberdiyev reaps rewards from AIBA

    Lausanne, Switzerland, July 05, 2012 – Turkmenistan’s 26-year-old former Asian Champion and AIBA World Boxing Championships quarter-finalist Serdar Hudayberdiyev took on board all the advice he was given during the first phase of the AIBA ‘Road to London’ Program in Cardiff, Wales, earlier this year and put what he learnt into practice as he captured…

  • Boxing: AIBA Road to London (II) begins

    Boxing: AIBA Road to London (II) begins

    Lausanne, Switzerland, July 03, 2012: AIBA Road, With the London 2012 Olympic Games just under a month away, the AIBA ‘Road to Dream’ initiative comes alive again with ‘Road to London (II)’ from July 5 -24 in the City of Cardiff. A total of 44 Boxers that have qualified for the Olympic Games, 40 Men…

  • Benchabla honoured to be Algeria’s flag-bearer

    Benchabla honoured to be Algeria’s flag-bearer

    Lausanne, Switzerland, July 02, 2012: Abdelhafid Benchabla of Astana Arlans, who qualified for the Olympic Games by becoming the World Series of Boxing Individual Champion 2011, was selected by the Algerian Olympic Committee to lead out his nation’s delegation at the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 27. He is the first ever…

  • AIBA is proud to announce the 286 Boxers

    AIBA is proud to announce the 286 Boxers

    Lausanne, Switzerland, June 28, 2012 – AIBA, After a year long journey, 250 men and 36 women boxers have now qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games. These Olympic Games will be a watershed moment in the history of the sport of boxing, the noblest of disciplines, with the women making their debut in three…

  • Three top AIBA Ranked Boxers Sign to join APB

    Three top AIBA Ranked Boxers Sign to join APB

    London, United Kingdom, June 11, 2012 – Three top AIBA ranked boxers, Magomedrasul Medzhidov from Azerbaijan who is the world number one in 91+kg weight category, Serik Sapiyev from Kazakhstan who is the world number four in 69kg weight category and Jong-Hun Shin from Korea who is the world number one in 49kg weight category,…

  • Five boxers crowned WSB World Champions at ExCeL London

    Five boxers crowned WSB World Champions at ExCeL London

    London, Great Britain, June 9, 2012 – A sensational night of pugilistic action saw ten of the World Series of Boxing’s best boxers take to the ring at the ExCeL London, the venue for the boxing event at the Olympic Games, for five adrenaline and power packed bouts as the WSB crowned five World Champions…