The International Boxing Association (IBA) responds to the official statement issued by the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) calling for an Extraordinary Congress at the end of August and warns that World Boxing has not been officially recognised by the IOC or any other organisation.
The International Boxing Association (IBA) will offer prize money to all those who become Olympic champions and medallists at this year’s Paris Games, the body announced on Wednesday.
Boxing’s highest national governing body added a transgender athletes policy to its rulebook that requires genital reassignment surgery and stringent hormone testing before competition, making it among the strictest policies for trans athletes.
Russian Umar Kremlev will remain president of the International Boxing Association (IBA) after its extraordinary congress on Sunday voted by a significant majority against holding a new election, leaving the sport’s Olympic future uncertain.
The Spanish city in the Alicante region, La Nucía will host IBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships 2022 at the Ciudad Deportiva Camilo Cano arena. The dates are set for November 14-26.
World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has made a substantial donation to help fund amateur boxing in Britain – saying he hopes “we have not lost the next generation” of fighters.
USA Boxing’s Elite and Youth National Championships & Junior and Prep Open returns to the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, Utah for the second consecutive year, Dec. 1-8.
There are growing fears that boxing will be dropped from the next Olympics in Tokyo in 2020.
Outside of the boxing ring, Joel Iriarte is a mild-mannered 14-year-old who makes good grades and likes to have fun. But once the Ridgeview freshman steps inside of the ropes, his personality changes drastically. He suddenly becomes a serious pugilist looking to rack up points and deliver knockouts with an array of fast, hard…
Aqeel Ahmed wants to be the first Scot to win a medal at amateur boxing’s World Championships, which start in Hamburg on Friday. The Motherwell light flyweight is joined in Germany by Glasgow’s Sean Lazzerini and Lee McGregor from Edinburgh. “Wherever I go, I go for gold,” the 23-year-old told BBC Scotland. …