Former world heavyweight and Olympic boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko has called for unity between the sport’s amateur and professional ranks after recent acrimony between the two.
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President C K Wu has met with the National Federations gathered here for the 2017 World Championships to reflect on the event and to look ahead through the Olympic cycle to Tokyo 2020.
Erislandy Savón capped off a memorable last day for Cuba at the 2017 International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Championships by avenging his 2015 heavyweight final defeat to Russia’s Evgeny Tishchenko.
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By Daniel Etchells at the Sporthalle Hamburg
The chief executive of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2017 International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Championships has insisted that the preparations and running of the event here were unaffected by the controversy surrounding the global governing body in recent months.
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Cuba’s Julio César La Cruz will have the opportunity tomorrow to make it four consecutive light heavyweight titles at International Boxing Association World Championships after coming through his semi-final against Ecuador’s Carlos Mina Caicedo this evening.
By Daniel Etchells at the Sporthalle Hamburg
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Cuba enjoyed a successful day at the 2017 International Boxing Association World Championships here as all three of their competing fighters progressed through to the finals.
By Daniel Etchells at the Sporthalle Hamburg
International Boxing Association (AIBA) President C K Wu has claimed he has no reason to respond to recent letters sent to him by the Interim Management Committee (IMC).
Cuba’s Arlen López was the most high-profile casualty on day five of the 2017 International Boxing Association World Championships here with the reigning middleweight champion suffering a shock quarter-final defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan’s Abilkhan Amankul.
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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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