The troubled International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced that its Compliance Unit is now "up and running".
Franco Falcinelli has claimed he has been the target of unfair criticism from because of his support for International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Gafur Rakhimov but vowed to see out his term as head of the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC).
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has ignored an ongoing inquiry by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the embattled governing body opened the bidding process for Tokyo 2020 qualification events today.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) executive director Tom Virgets has hit out at, what he claims is, a small group of members within the organisation "doing everything in their power" to deliberately undermine the governing body and its Confederations following the election of Gafur Rakhimov as President.
A lawyer has been appointed by the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) to deal with media inquiries after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) formally warned President Franco Falcinelli for his conduct in the lead-up to last year's election.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Gafur Rakhimov has welcomed the "unwavering" support received for the crisis-hit body from Europe.
Further doubts over the standard of governance in boxing have emerged after European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) President Franco Falcinelli was accused of breaching the organisation's constitution during a fractious two-day Congress in Moscow.
Spread out on a large conference table in a room of the headquarters of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in the Maison du Sport International located on the banks of Lake Geneva in Lausanne earlier this week were 4,000 pieces of paper, all neatly filed in piles marked under numbers from 1 to 41.
If Gafur Rakhimov's position as President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) is the main issue preventing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from working with the organisation then they should be honest and admit that is the case, they have been told.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Gafur Rakhimov has claimed he is hopeful of a swift resolution to the ongoing International Olympic Committee (IOC) inquiry as he claimed it was time to "put athletes first and leave behind all the politics".
Female boxers will now be permitted to wear sport hijabs at major International Boxing Association (AIBA) events under a rule change passed by the governing body's Executive Committee.
Cuba's Julio César La Cruz and Germany's Annemarie Stark have been appointed as interim representatives of the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) newly-formed Athletes' Commission, which the body says has been set-up "in an effort to include the voice of boxers from around the world".
There is never a dull moment in the ongoing soap opera that is the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
A bitter row between the International Boxing Association (AIBA) leadership and Serik Konakbayev has deepened after the worldwide governing body claimed the Kazak had "set out to destroy" evidence from his period as President of the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC).
Members of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Committee criticised a decision to freeze planning for the sport at Tokyo 2020 as the organisation announced it had begun planning the qualification process anyway for the Games in the Japanese capital.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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