More than half of 73 participating countries earned at least one medal at the IBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships in La Nucía, Spain. In total, 100 athletes from 38 countries won medals, and among them, 25 boxers from 14 nations earned at least one gold in 13 men’s and 12 women’s weight
(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
(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
(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
(AUGUST 7) A pretty good weekend for Irish women boxers in the first major women’s tournament in Europe this year. No Katie Taylor this year of course as she is now a Pro but the young Irish team has done well so far now that we’ve reached the Quarter-final stage of the EUBC European Union
(AUG 22) Claressa Shields took her place in American boxing history on Sunday afternoon, when she became the country’s first boxer to win two Olympic gold medals. Shields once again dominated the Middleweight (75kg) competition from the outset, working her way through to the last-day final against the Netherlands’ Nouchka Fontijn. It was another hugely
(AUG 20) Estelle Mosselly of France is the new 60kg Olympic Lightweight champion coming from behind to defeat China’s Yin Junhua on a split decision in Rio Friday. It’s been a magnificent year for the French woman who also struck Gold in Astana at the 2016 Women’s World Championships earlier this year. Team USA’s Claressa
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (AUGUST 10, 2016) – Today’s Olympic boxing action will feature two American bouts at Riocentro Pavilion 6. Light flyweight Nico Hernandez (Wichita, Kansas) will return to the ring for his third bout of the tournament in a quarterfinal match-up with Ecuador’s Carlos Eduardo Quipo Palaxti at 5:15 p.m. Brazil time (4:15
JULY 19) Good news for Irish boxing this week with the announcement by Minister Michael Ring, TD, of an additional grant of €975,000 ( approx.USD1.3 million) with special emphasis on improving club facilities throughout the country for female boxers. The first substantial grant was made in July 2011, during the Centenary year of the IABA
[By Julie Goldsticket] (JULY 18) (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Team USA is off to a great start at the 2014 Pan American Olympic Festival with three American boxers claiming opening bout wins on the first two days of competition in Mexico City. Lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.) and super heavyweight Cam F. Awesome (Lenexa, Kansas)