It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of Rashed Al-Swaisat of Jordan, who had been admitted to hospital on April 16 further to his fight during the AIBA Youth World Championships. Rashed is in our hearts and in our prayers. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and teammates, to whom...Read More
The AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships finished with the top 10 male finalist contests in Kielce, Poland. Uzbekistan’s Shakhzod Muzafarov and Japan’s Reito Tsutsumi won the closest final contests with amazing performance in Kielce. There were 52 participant nations from four different Confederations, who had sent 414 boxers to the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships....Read More
AIBA President Umar Kremlev held a meeting with referees and judges who have served at the Youth World Boxing Championships in Kielce, Poland. President Kremlev emphasised AIBA’s commitment to ensuring judging in boxing should be fair and transparent. ‘No one or nothing should influence your work. The best boxers should win. Thank you for your...Read More
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...Read More
The 10 female finals of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships were in the official schedule on the ninth day of the competition in Kielce, Poland. The Indian girls exceeded all of the previous expectations in the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships and their team achieved seven gold medals. Uzbekistan, Russia, and Turkey won the...Read More
A joint meeting of the AIBA Committees, aimed at discussing current issues and providing an opportunity to ask questions directly to the AIBA President, was held in Kielce, Poland and online today. All Committee Chairpersons made presentations announcing their plans to reform AIBA in various areas, including marketing, competitions, coaches, referee and judges, involvement of...Read More
The weigh-in ceremony took place in Kielce before the women’s finals at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships. All 20 boxers fit their weight category limits. The Ambassadors of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships Elzbieta Wojcik from Poland and Javier Ibanez from Bulgaria welcomed all participants and wished them good luck in the finals....Read More
Kielce, Poland, 21 April: The AIBA Board of Directors met today in person and online, to discuss and approve key reforms. The meeting coincided with the ongoing AIBA Youth World Championships. It opened with an expression of concern and support for Rashed Al-Swaisat, the Jordanian boxer who was seriously injured earlier in the competition. The...Read More
Coaches Committee, Women’s Committee and Competitions Committee organized their first hybrid meetings, where part of the groups were present online. Coaches Committee Lead by Mr. Ervin Kade, the Coaches Committee met to discuss various important questions. Safety in boxing, development of the digital scoring system and world ranking system were among them. As it was...Read More
Altogether 40 women’s and men’s boxers from 13 nations became finalists at the AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships will fight for gold medals in Kielce: – India, Russia: 8 finalists – Kazakhstan: 6 finalists – Ukraine, Uzbekistan: 4 finalists – Poland: 3 finalists – Armenia, Cuba, France, Japan, Moldova, Montenegro, Turkey: 1...Read More