SO WHAT DID THEY SAY IN THE NEWS IN JULY 13, 1979 from a report about the ALL-FEMALE Boxing Card in California? Dulcie Lucas fighting on all female boxing card – 1979 This is what was said in 1979: “FEMALE BOXING is a Natural for television. Boxing has proven to be a highly-skilled, telegenic sport. Female
Following the registration deadline for the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships, the impressive number of 66 nations registered at the event. The number of registered female boxers excluding the reserves is 160, while 327 male athletes are to attend the event. The total number of registered boxers is 487, which is higher than in the
Next AIBA Virtual Continental Forum will take place on 15th March. Countries of the Asian Boxing Confederation are in line for discussion of ongoing reforms, development plan for National Federations and other important issues. AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev underlines rich history of the continent and its major role in AIBA family. The statistics gives
The exciting finals were held on the fifth competition day at the 35th edition of the Boxam Tournament in Castellon de la Plana, Spain. Italy’s Irma Testa, United States’ Naomi Graham, Kazakhstan’s Makhmud Sabyrkhan and Spain’s Emmanuel Reyes have done remarkable performance on Sunday. The President of the Spanish Boxing Federation, AIBA board of Directors member
The Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons of the seven established AIBA Committees were appointed by the AIBA Board of Directors this week. Every National Federation could send their candidates to be a part of the Committee based on the criteria mentioned in the Regulations. ‘Today we completed the formation of the AIBA Committees which were established to
Galal Yafai and Lauren Price landed the top prizes at GB Boxing’s Annual Awards as the pair were named Best Male and Best Female boxer for 2020. Eight awards were handed out at the annual ceremony which was belatedly held in GB Boxing’s gym at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield under strict social distancing protocols. Yafai
A solemn ceremony of signing the Declaration of the Balkan Boxing League foundation took place in Belgrade. The meeting was attended by AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev and representatives of the national boxing federations of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro. ‘The Balkan League is created to strengthen regional and international
Famous Serbian actor Miloš Biković becomes the first Ambassador of the AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships which takes place in the city of Belgrade in November 2021. The appointment was declared at the meeting between the President of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vučić and the AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev with heads of the Balkan boxing federations.
(FEB 6) AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev came for an official visit to Africa to take part in the AIBA Virtual Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr. Kremlev met with representatives of the Ministry of Sports of Kenya, National Olympic Committee of Kenya and the President of Kenyan Boxing Federation Mr. Anthony Otieno Ombok, as well
(JAN 22) AIBA issues new Membership Policy and renounces to collect the 2021 annual membership fee from its National Federations due to the COVID pandemic AIBA renounces to ask National Federations to pay any membership fee for the year 2021 in view of the exceptional situation caused by the COVID pandemic. The AIBA Board has further