Boxing

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has reassigned executive director Karim Bouzidi to a new role just a day after dropping several judges and referees from the Rio Olympics.

Boxing referees and judges involved in controversial points decisions at the Olympic Games will take no further part in the competition after being stood down by the sport’s governing body.

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has hit out at “subjective judgments” made by “discontented parties” amid allegations that bouts at the upcoming summer Olympic Games could be fixed.

Boxing has been packing its punch at the summer Olympic Games since it was introduced to the programme in 1904, but is it wise to put professionals in the ring with amateurs?

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has reached an agreement in principle to enter into a joint venture with the Alisports arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group in an effort to boost the commercial presence of the sport around the world.

Thierry Braillard, the Secretary of State for Sport in France, has announced that the country will launch a new professional boxing league.

Former Golden Boy Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer has launched a new boxing promotional company and is seeking to create a team that will form a new global force in the sport.

The International Boxing Federation has warned that professional boxers who compete at the Rio 2016 summer Olympic Games will be stripped of their titles.

Professional boxers will be eligible to complete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after the International Boxing Association (Aiba) today (Wednesday) endorsed the controversial move.

Leading boxing promoter Bob Arum has settled a lawsuit filed against Al Haymon and his financial supporters in relation to the creation of the Premier Boxing Champions series.

The World Boxing Council (WBC) has upped the ante in its battle with the International Boxing Association (Aiba) over the world governing body’s plans to revamp the sport’s Olympic status by stating it will expel any of its leading boxers who decide to participate.

International Boxing Association (Aiba) president Ching-Kuo Wu has maintained that top professional boxers will compete at the 2016 Olympic Games, as long as a constitutional change in the governing body’s statutes is approved in June.

World Boxing Council (WBC) president Mauricio Sulaiman has hit out at the International Boxing Association’s (Aiba) plan to allow elite professional boxers to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and stated that he is “deeply concerned” by the proposal.

International Boxing Association (Aiba) president Ching-Kuo Wu has said the governing body is seeking to push through plans that would allow elite professional boxers to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Sportswear giant Nike has curtailed its contract with superstar boxer Manny Pacquiao after he described gay people as “worse than animals.”

The Alisports division of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has expanded its influence in sport by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Boxing Association (Aiba).