Category: Amateur Boxing

AIBA Terminates Indian Amateur Boxing Federation’s Membership – by Michael O’Neill

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) today terminated the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation’s (IABF) membership after what it described as ‘an extensive evaluation and assessment of all issues surrounding the sport of boxing in India’.   The IABF had in fact been temporarily suspended since December 2012 albeit boxers had been allowed to compete in major International

Sulem Urbina Reflects on Winning Gold at the 2014 Independence Cup

  Photo/Courtesy – Team Urbina (FEB 27) MEXICO CITY, MEXICO/Press Release – Sulem Urbina’s amateur boxing win streak continues as she captured the 112 lb/51 kg gold medal at the Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican RepublicTwenty-three year old amateur boxer, Sulem Urbina, a Mexican born, U.S. resident, returned to her Team Mexico training camp in Mexico

2014 Junior and Youth Open Action Begins in Reno – by Julie Goldsticker

USA Boxing officially opened 2014 national competition on Tuesday with two action-packed sessions on the first day of the Junior and Youth Open at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nev. Following an extensive general weigh-in and the tournament draw, 48 preliminary contests took place in the junior and youth men’s divisions. The men’s youth

Latest Update on Nicola Adams

  Nicola Adams To Star in Hour Long ‘Sports Life Series’ on British TV – by Michael O’Neill – (additional reporting ITV.com)  (NOV 6)  “I almost feel like it was my destiny to go to the Olympics and win gold. Something was always telling me at the back of my mind that you need to stick at