The embattled president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) defiantly claimed on Saturday that he was still in charge of the body despite moves by rival executives to oust him. In a phone interview with AFP from Taipei, Wu Ching-kuo accused his AIBA rivals of trying to pull off “a military coup” and insisted…
KAMPALA (Xinhua) — Muzamir Kakande interrupts his boxing training session to answer a telephone call critical to his day to day life. He is a fish monger and this is what he does for a living. He is also passionate about boxing. In fact, he is Africa’s boxing champion in the welter weight category.…
LOS ANGELES – Accomplished Super Heavyweight amateur and 2016 Olympian Efe Ajagba and fellow Nigerian Heavyweight amateur standout Efetobor Apochi have signed-on to become the latest promising young fighters to join the Ringstar Sports roster. Both fighters will make their professional debuts on the Premier Boxing Champions event headlined by Victor Ortiz vs. Saul Corral…
The Boxing Association of Kenya has appealed to the Government to release funds to help in the national team’s preparations ahead of the World Boxing Championships in Hamburg, Germany, from August 25 to September 3. BAK Vice President Albert Matito said the funds would enable the federation and the technical bench to work out…
MOSCOW, July 24. /TASS/. The Russian capital of Moscow and the country’s southern resort city of Sochi will be the venues in case the Russia’s bid wins to host the 2019 World Boxing Championship, Umar Kremlev, the president of the Boxing Federation of Russia (BFR), told TASS on Monday. “We are proposing the cities…
The president of amateur boxing’s governing body, AIBA, is set to be ousted from his position with instability and financial turmoil growing at the organization. Wu Ching-kuo will be asked to step down after 13 members voted to pass a motion of no confidence in the president with a further two abstaining from voting…
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has claimed a settlement agreement has been reached with Azerbaijani company Benkons MMC to repay a $10 million (£8 million/€8.5 million) loan following reports they are on the verge of bankruptcy. Benkons director Hamid Hamidov had reportedly claimed there was no schedule to repay the loan that was given…
Amateur boxing’s governing body, AIBA, faces the risk of bankruptcy after demands it immediately pays back millions of pounds in loans and investments it does not have, a senior figure in the organization has claimed. The revelation comes amid an increasingly bitter civil war inside AIBA, which has led to the resignations of its…
The Ministry of Youth and Sports’ delay in finalizing Ghana’s travel arrangements for the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas has caused a reduction in the number of participants. Initially, a 23-member team consisting of 12 athletes and 11 officials were scheduled to travel to this important amateur tourney. That number has been cut down…
Sports drink distributor Rafimex General Trading Company Limited presented 10 cartons of Lucozade drinks and an undisclosed amount of money to members of Ghana’s amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers, last Friday in Accra. According to Mr. Sameer Thakkar, the Chief Executive Officer of Rafimex, the donation was to support a three-man boxing contingent…