Krakow 2023 welcomes boxing as a part of sports program

AIBA President Umar Kremlev and Secretary General István Kovács visited National Olympic Committee in Warsaw to have an official meeting with President Andrzej Kraśnicki. AIBA President expressed gratitude to the NOC of Poland for support in hosting the AIBA Youth World Championships in Kielce. ‘We are grateful to the Polish NOC for support in organising the AIBA Youth World Championships, which have been taking place here in Poland. Despite all possible difficulties in view of the pandemic, we made it possible to conduct such an important competition for our young generation of athletes.’ Mr. Kremlev claimed. ‘Boxing is an important sport for Poland, and Polish Olympic Committee is happy to support its development in our country. We monitor all the efforts AIBA leadership is undertaking to change and we already clearly see many positive issues in this process.’ Andrzej Kraśnicki said. ‘We know the Polish NOC has undertaken a huge piece of work to serve athletes with 2023 European Games in Krakow. We are very grateful to the whole Krakow team for welcoming boxing as a part of the sports program 2023. AIBA fully supports the efforts of the European Boxing Confederation to organize the competitions’, Mr. President added. Mr. Kremlev and Secretary General István Kovács also underlined that AIBA will give as much efforts as it can to ensure the success of the event from full backup of the Polish Boxing Federation in working to strengthen a strong home team till promotion of the competitions.