Speaking to insidethegames here at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan’s capital, the 69-year-old Taiwanese said he has personally been asked by numerous female fighters about the matter.

London 2012 lightweight gold medallist Katie Taylor of Ireland is among the high-profile names to have previously confirmed their backing for women's inclusion in WSB, a professional style league that forms part of the Olympic qualification process. 

Wu says he has "opened the door" on the idea but admits that there are still aspects that need to be ironed out.

"We need to think in more detail about how to bring them [the women's boxers], what the competition format will be and how many of them will be in each team," he said.

"We’re now starting to take all this into account, but I think it won’t be too long because we need to really fulfil the gender equality.

"If they have such desire and demand to come, we should think about paving the way."

AIBA executive director Karim Bouzidi said the world governing body’s Women’s Commission has been working a lot on the inclusion of women in WSB.

"Probably next year you will see the first woman in the World Series of Boxing and we are also actively working with the manager of APB, AIBA Pro Boxing, to see when it will be the right moment for us to start women in the professional programme," said the French-Algerian.

WSB is a unique team boxing competition, which takes place across four continents - Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe - for six months.

A WSB match comprises five bouts, consisting of five rounds of three minutes each, and the team with the most wins claims victory.

A total of 552 bouts and 112 matches were held in Season V, with 17 boxers winning quota places for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the process.

Following the completion of the regular season, Cuba Domadores and Astana Arlans Kazakhstan clashed in a two-day final here.

Astana defeated their rivals to become the first two-time winners of the competition.

During the Women’s World Boxing Championships here, AIBA and the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation have hosted a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) seminar as part of the HeadsUp! global programme.

The seminar for team doctors and staff was designed to further educate boxers and their support personnel in the importance of anti-doping and keeping boxing drug-free.

Professor Zhanar Andassova, lead researcher at the Kazakh National Anti-Doping Centre, delivered presentations on the importance of continuous testing both in and out of tournaments.

An update was then provided on anti-doping rule violations and the consequences of breaching them, as well as the latest list of WADA-prohibited substances, revealing the detrimental effects they can have on a boxer’s health.

"To be able to host these important educational seminars and workshops is precisely why AIBA created the HeadsUp! initiative," said Wu.

"Working alongside WADA to keep sport clean is central to what we do and education, at every level of the boxing family, makes it a fairer, safer and more exciting spectacle for everybody involved in it."

Education is one of the four key pillars of HeadsUp!, which was developed by AIBA to promote the values of boxing and its global family.

Following the WADA seminar, the AIBA Medical Commission shared the latest cutman practices and hand wrapping techniques with coaches.