AIBA votes in new Constitution to strengthen governance
Following the election of Umar Kremlev as the new President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on Saturday, the boxing body adopted its new Constitution with an overwhelming majority during the second day of its Congress meeting today with 98 votes in favor, 6 votes against and 26 abstentions. The principle objectives of the constitutional reform […]
Umar Kremlev Wins AIBA Presidency, Calls for Urgent Reforms in Boxing
Umar Kremlev is the new president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), winning the election on Saturday with 57.33 per cent of the vote. Kremlev has called for unity and reforms in AIBA, the sports body that represents amateur boxing worldwide. The election was held virtually at AIBA’s ongoing congress due to the pandemic. It […]
AIBA Interim President’s report is published
AIBA Interim President Dr. Mohamed Moustahsane prepared the report for AIBA Congress. The document is available on the AIBA website for the review of National Federations prior to the Day 2 of the AIBA Congress, it can be found here below and on the Congress 2020 dedicated page. During the Congress, Dr. Moustahsane […]
The candidacy of Mr. Van der Vorst was accepted by the AIBA Election Committee
The AIBA Election Committee has checked all required documents of the candidate from the Dutch Boxing Federation, Mr. Boris Van der Vorst, and accepted his candidacy for the upcoming Presidential elections. AIBA Congress will be held on December 12th and 13th with the election of the new leader of the organization on the first day. […]
AIBA Election Committee made a statement on a disinformation distributed among National Federations
The Chairman of the AIBA Eection Committee Mr. Bernhard Welten wrote a letter to the AIBA National Federations where he made a statement on the false information distributed by an anonymous sender earlier today. ‘This disinformation attempt is misleading and harmful to AIBA’s election process,’ claimed Mr. Welten. ‘These documents contain allegations against Mr. Umar […]
Ramie Al-Masri withdrew his candidacy for the AIBA Presidential elections
The AIBA Election Committee received a letter from Mr. Ramie Al-Masri who informed that he withdrew his candidacy for the upcoming AIBA Presidental elections. Therefore, AIBA still has five candidates running for the position. The elections will take place on the first day of the virtual Congress on Saturday, December 12th. All the information about […]
AIBA Election Committee appointed scrutineers for the Presidental elections
One person from each of the Continental Confederations was selected by the AIBA Election Committee to serve as scrutineer on the upcoming AIBA elections. Here is the list of the five scrutineers: 1. AFBC – Fédération Malgache de Boxe Ndriana Andriamanantena 2. AMBC – Barbados Boxing Association Dr. Melissa Branford-Jones 3. ASBC – Chinese […]
AIBA 2020 virtual Congress schedule
AIBA Congress takes place on December 12th-13th and starts at 12:00 CET on a virtual platform. On Monday, December 7th AIBA Office will distribute the Congress Zoom link to National Federation’s delegates. As well as voting delegates will receive a unique access log in to LUMI where they will vote. Test event for the AIBA […]
AIBA’s Ethics Chief says election will be fair and democratic
The presidential election of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) will be fair and democratic, according to the head of AIBA’s Ethics Commission, Bernhard Welten. Being the new chairman for roughly two months, he is expected to assist in implementing key reforms to help reinstate AIBA, which represents amateur boxing worldwide, after it was suspended by […]
The consultation process relating to AIBA new Constitution draft continues on the occasion of webinars with Q&A sessions
The draft of the AIBA Constitution was presented to the National Federations during series of webinars for each of the five Confederations held on November 20, 23 and 24, 2020. More than 65 National Federations in total joined the webinars and had a chance to make comments and raise questions during dedicated Q&A sessions. AIBA […]