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".
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.
A taskforce has been established by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to investigate, what they claim is, a "rogue group of Kazakhstani individuals" after they offered to manage the qualification process and help organise a boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020 in a letter sent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The International Boxing Association's (AIBA) relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be the key issue discussed at AIBA Executive Committee meetings due to start in Istanbul tomorrow, with the sport's place at Tokyo 2020 remaining uncertain.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has received 41 questions from the Inquiry Committee debating the sport's Olympic future.
This year's International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men's World Championships has been moved from Sochi to Yekaterinburg, the governing body has confirmed.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Gafur Rakhimov has claimed he will be "transparent" with National Federations amid the ongoing International Olympic Committee (IOC) inquiry and vowed to "shed light" on any misunderstandings about the embattled governing body's situation.
A committee tasked with overseeing an inquiry into the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has held its first meeting since it was established in December, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) executive director Tom Virgets has claimed athletes in the sport are "suffering" from the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) failure to confirm the next steps in its probe into the embattled governing body.
The Uzbek Tigers have reportedly decided not to compete in the upcoming World Series of Boxing (WSB) season, following in the footsteps of Astana Arlans Kazakhstan who announced last month that they would not be involved and were instead disbanding.
Boxers from four different countries have arrived at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs to attend, what it is claimed is, the largest multi-nation camp in USA Boxing history.
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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