(DEC 12, 2020) Lausanne, Switzerland – 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
[Approx, date 1980s] In our last issue M. Chabut described the origins of The Foyer Club Sports et Loisirs at Grenoble in France, of which he is a Director, and in particular its section for teaching boxing and wrestling to young girls aged between 10 and 16. In a recent letter he has sent us
(JULY 15) Ireland’s boxers have claimed hundreds of medals in all competitions from the Olympic Games to the European Schools Championships. Please scroll down for all-time medal haul. OLYMPIC GAMES Helsinki 1952 54kg John McNally Silver Melbourne 1956 67kg Fred Tiedt Silver 51kg John Caldwell Bronze 54kg Freddie Gilroy Bronze 60kg Tony Byrne Bronze Tokyo 1964
(MAR 4, 2020) Extraordinary AIBA Congress, scheduled in Budapest on March, is postponed for 3-month period because of Coronavirus outbreak. AIBA Executive Committee took this decision by e-mail vote due to the force majeure. AIBA National Federations are invited to attend an Extraordinary AIBA Congress on June 20th, 2020 in Budapest, Hungary. The mandate of
Team USA entered the final day of the 2019 Silesian Women’s Championships in Gliwice, Poland with 10 boxers looking for gold, and all 10 dominated their opponents for a clean Team USA sweep. Kayla Gomez (El Paso, Texas) started the day with her second referee stopped contest of her international debut over Poland’s Dorota Wawszcyky to
(JULY 1) The 2nd European Games ended in Minsk, Belarus on Sunday and both GB Boxing and Team Ireland had many medals to display when they arrived back on home soil. Altogether 317 boxers including 59 women attended in the European Games from a record number of 44 nations in Minsk, Belarus. Irish boxing deposited another
(SEPT 14) Las Vegas, Nevada—Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus, (34-0-0, 9 KO’s) was honored on Thursday afternoon, September 13 with a presentation of THE RING Magazine’s Women’s #1 Pound-for-Pound Title Belt. The presentation of the first belt of its kind was made by RING Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Doug Fischer in the Media Center
(FEB 14) Tickets for USA Boxing’s USA vs. Ireland Northeastern Boxing Tour’s second stop in Springfield, Mass. are now on sale. Being held at the MassMutual Center on Thursday, March 15, the night will be filled with excitement as an anticipated 10 bouts of boxing between the two powerhouse nations headline the evening, as well
(FEB 4) Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board decided to maintain the financial suspension of AIBA and demanded a new report on AIBA governance by April 30th. This decision was made despite AIBA’s fulfillment of the IOC’s request to submit a Progress Report outlining all steps AIBA was asked to take and continues
GUWAHATI, India — Coachella, California-native Citlalli Ortiz closed out her impressive 2017 Women’s Youth World Championships campaign with a split decision victory over Russia’s Nataliya Sychugova to take her first major international title in Guwahati, India. “Today feels like one of the best days of my life,” stated Ortiz following her win. “After the fight,