Tag: Women Boxing
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AIBA Women’s Junior/Youth Winners Announced
Taipei, May 23, 2015: The Youth finals of the AIBA Women’s Junior/Youth World Boxing Championships Taipei 2015 was held this afternoon at the Xinzhuang Stadium, where the talented boxers finished the tournament in style. Bout of the day China’s Chang Yuan defeated Chinese Taipei’s Huang Hsiao Wen on the way to claiming a gold medal…
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Logo of Women’s World Boxing Championships Jeju 2014
Lausanne, June 4, 2014: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is delighted to present the logo for the upcoming AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, taking place on November 13-25 in Jeju island, Korea. This logo is subtle yet memorable, encapsulating the scientific aspect of this great sport, together with the distinctive memories that have occurred in…
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Impressive Italians upset the favourites
Sofia, April 21, 2014: The quarter-finals of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships took place today in Sofia, where the winners of the 52 contests secured a guaranteed medal in the event. This has been a competition of high quality so far, and today was no different, with countless contests enthralling the viewing public, and…
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Chinese Taipei who stood out the most
Sofia – Bulgaria, April 18, 2014: The fifth day of preliminaries in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships saw a lengthy, yet riveting day of boxing occur in Sofia. On a day of much action and excitement, it was the nation of Chinese Taipei who stood out the most, with incredible performances from their female…
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Katie nominated Women’s Boxing Ambassador
Yerevan – Armenia, Dec 07: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is delighted to announce that Irish boxing superstar Katie Taylor was today named as AIBA Women’s Boxing Ambassador. This nomination was announced by AIBA President, Dr Ching-Kuo Wu at the 2012 AIBA Annual Awards Ceremony held in Yerevan where the Lightweight (60kg) king was receiving…
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AIBA welcomes the inclusion of Women’s Boxing
Lausanne – Switzerland, Oct 01, 2012 – The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is pleased that Glasgow 2014 will be the first Commonwealth Games to have Women’s Boxing included in its sports programme. The decision was made on Friday 28 September at the Commonwealth Games Federation’s General Assembly in Kampala (Uganda), just a few weeks after…
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Adams, Taylor and Shields win first ever gold
London, Great Britain, August 09, 2012 – Olympic history was re-written at the ExCeL with the first ever Women’s boxing gold medals presented to Nicolas Adams of Great Britain, Ireland’s Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields of the United States. The first of the Women’s Finals, the Flyweights (51kg), saw Great Britain’s Nicola Adams faced her…
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Olympic Boxing: Women make history
London – Great Britain, August 05, 2012: make history, Olympic history was re-written today at the ExCeL Arena as women’s boxing made its long-awaited debut at the Games in a watershed moment for the sport. During the afternoon session of day nine of competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the world was introduced to…
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Women boxers to look out for at the London
London, Great Britain, July 26, 2012: boxers, it just a few days to go until the biggest show on Earth gets underway in the British capital, we look at the men and women in each of the weight categories who can have a real impact at the London 2012 Olympic Games. In the final part…
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AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Qinhuangdao 2012
Qinhuangdao-China, May 10, 2012: The 7th edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships will be held in Qinhuangdao, China, where record number of boxers and countries are expected to participate. With women’s boxing making its debut at the London 2012 Olympic Games, this event will also double up as the qualification tournament for three…