Umar Kremlev, left, met with Sebgag Abdelrezakand, left, to discuss Algerian boxing ©Getty Images

Sebgag Abdelrezakand, the Minster of Sports of Algeria, and Abderrahmane Hammad, the President of the Algerian Olympic Committee, held a meeting with International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev where they discussed ways to develop boxing in the country.

Several issues were raised related to cooperation between the IBA, the NOC and Algerian Ministry of Sport and Youth.

The start of education course for officials, a financial support scheme and Algeria hosting continental and international events were also topics of discussion.

"In every city there are people who box," Abdelrezakand said.

"Boxing as a sport is well respected in our country.

"In recent times, national boxing has been growing actively and the results are remarkable.

"We have every intention to invest into this sport and to develop a new generation of athletes."

Imane Khelif, left, was one of two Algerian medallists at the 2022 IBA Women's World Championships ©Getty Images
Imane Khelif, left, was one of two Algerian medallists at the 2022 IBA Women's World Championships ©Getty Images

Algeria showed promise at the 2022 Women's World Championships where Imane Khelif won silver and Ichrak Chaib claimed bronze.

The nation had previously achieved none at the 2019 edition.

However, they have not achieved an Olympic gold medal in the sport since Atlanta 1996 and the nation has not achieved a medal since Sydney 2000.

Algeria also did not win a medal at the 2021 Men's World Boxing Championships.

"Algeria is a boxing country with strong people and successfully competed at IBA Women’s World Championships in Istanbul in this May," said IBA President Kremlev.

"The country has all needed infrastructure to host big competitions including continental championships and others."

Kremlev was visiting Algeria where he attended the African Boxing Confederation Congress, which elected Cameroon's Bertrand Mendouga to succeed Mohamed Moustahsane to a four-year term.

Boris van der Vorst was one of five candidates to have their ineligibility for elections overturned by the Court of Arbitration of Sport ©IBA
Boris van der Vorst was one of five candidates to have their ineligibility for elections overturned by the Court of Arbitration of Sport ©IBA

The IBA President is set to face an election of his own on a date between September 24 and October 1 in Yerevan in Armenia.

This follows the controversial Extraordinary Congress that was held in Istanbul in May.

Boris van der Vorst was deemed ineligible to stand as a candidate by the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit (BIIU) a day prior to the election

This allowed Russian Umar Kremlev to be re-elected as President unopposed.

Board of Directors candidates - New Zealand's Steve Hartley, Sweden's Per-Axel Sjöholm and United States' Mike McAtee - were also judged to be ineligible.

The BIIU ruled that van der Vorst, Hartley, Sjöholm and McAtee had allegedly broken rules on breaches of collaboration between candidates and early campaigning.

Following an appeal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport stated that van der Vorst should have been allowed to stand and that a formal warning or no sanction at all would have been sufficient.

Kremlev was deemed to have broken the same rule as the Dutchman related to early campaigning.

The IBA has been stripped of its right to organise the boxing event for Paris 2024 and it has been left off the initial programme for Los Angeles 2028.