Tag: Boxing
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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WSB boxers visit iconic West Ham Boxing Club
London, Great Britain, June 7, 2012: Taking time out of their busy schedules in the build-up to this Saturday’s Individual Championships, five of the ten finalists went to visit the legendary West Ham Boxing Club in the heart of East London to share experiences and tips with over 40 local boxers. Hidden in a small…
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WSB: 15 days to go until Individual Championships
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 25, 2012: The day that could shape the destiny of five boxers’ careers is now only two weeks away. The Individual Championships at the ExCeL London on Saturday 9 June unites the best two fighters in each of the five weight categories during one night of action-packed boxing. With those prized belts…
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Final Women Olympic quota places revealed
Qinhuangdao, China, 19 May 2012 – Olympic quota, Following the conclusion of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Qinhuangdao 2012 in China, 25 boxers from the three Olympic women weight categories have qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Please note that each boxer’s participation needs to be confirmed by its respective National Olympic Committee.…
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Argentina WSB Franchise launched for 2012-2013 season
Lausanne-Switzerland, May 15, 2012: Argentina WSB, Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, AIBA President and WSB Board Chairman, and Osvaldo Bisbal, President of the Argentinean Boxing Federation, signed a WSB Franchise Agreement for Argentina that gave birth to a new World Series of Boxing Franchise and established the principles of the country’s involvement in the upcoming AIBA Professional Boxing…