Former AIBA Vice President from Kazakhstan, Mr. Beket Makhmutov, who also performed as international RJ and ITO, died today at age 81. He was AIBA Vice President for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006. “We send sincere condolences to Mr. Makhmutov’s family, friends and to all Kazakhstan boxing federation,” said AIBA Interim President Dr. Mohamed...Read More
AIBA Executive Committee on its teleconference on Saturday decided to keep in touch every three weeks to be well-updated about the situation with the coronavirus pandemic. Several important decisions, including the rescheduling of the AIBA Extraordinary Congress 2020, would be made by the mail vote. “It is important that we are together in such...Read More
World Champion from Ukraine Olexandr Khyzhniak was elected AIBA Athlete’s commission chair, European champion from Italy Irma Testa became the vice-chair. AIBA Executive Committee on its last meeting approved candidacies and welcomed Khyzhniak and Testa as a new member of the EC with voting rights. They will take part in the first EC conference-call on...Read More
AIBA Interim President Dr. Mohamed Moustahsane claimed that the organization is waiting for information from the IOC to have an ability to put a new plan for major events 2021. “The decision to reschedule the Olympic Games 2020 because of the pandemic was expected. As all the other International Federations, we are also wounded by the coronavirus...Read More
Colombian boxing Referee & Judge Armando Carbonell Alvarado died at the age of 53 after suffering a sudden heart attack. „All AIBA Family is in mourning. Our sincere condolences to his family,“ said AIBA Interim President Dr. Mohamed Moustahsane. Carbonell was awarded the Best referee in 2015 in Qatar. He also was representative of Colombia...Read More
City of Kielce, Poland, hosts AIBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Championships in November 2020. Two candidates, Poland and Nicaragua, were intended to host the tournament. AIBA Executive Committee voted with the majority for Poland’s bid. The tournament is planned to be held on November 2-9 in the Hala Legionow sports complex with capacity 3000...Read More
More than 30 Asian countries participated at the AIBA Forum in Amman, Jordan on March, 6th. “I am happy to see such a huge number of National Federations. We all know the situation with the outbreak of coronavirus. But a lot of you came to Amman and accepted the invitation. We all here are giving...Read More
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 Dr. Mohamed Moustahsane as...Read More
Amman, Jordan hosts AIBA Asian Forum on March 6th, 2020. After two successful Forums in Panama for America and on Fiji for Oceania, AIBA was urged to cancel European event in Italy due to coronavirus. Although, the rest two continental events in Asia and Africa, planned in March, are still as per schedule. “This is...Read More
Scheduled for February 29th in Assisi, Italy AIBA European Forum 2020 is cancelled due to COVID-19 (coronavirus). This decision was taken by AIBA leadership in the best interests of the delegates. “The coronavirus outbreak in Italy worsened and Italy has by far the highest number of coronavirus cases in Europe. Moreover, Italy has imposed strict...Read More