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I would like to extend a warm welcome to our members, athletes, fans and supporters, to this new edition of “Boxing News.” These past six months have seen a lot of action. The AIBA Executive Committee Meeting in Xiamen, China was first and was a very productive event for all of us and we were able to discuss important matters that had been pending for some time. The World Series of Boxing gave its fans a glimpse into this new arena of boxing with its first-ever Test Event in Baku, Azerbaijan. The WSB boxers who competed were all very pleased with the format of the event, as all AIBA and WSB staff. Now we are preparing with great anticipation to make the start of the WSB an immense success in November. Those boxers who were invited to attend the “Road to Baku” training program before the AIBA Youth World Championships, shared their stories of hardship and struggle and showed us just how much boxing means to them. They learned as much as possible in the once-again successful AIBA “Road to” development program and competed at their best at the Championships. We sincerely hope that all those boxers who qualified for the Youth Olympic Games will be successful in achieving their personal goals and we are proud to be supporting them in Singapore. As we enter the second half of this busy year, we look forward to the Extraordinary Executive Committee Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, the AIBA Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados and the AIBA Congress in Busan, South Korea, among many other Continental and National events. I would like to thank everyone who has worked so hard to make the first half of this year such a success and I hope our work ethic will stay just as strong as we bring new and better boxing events to the fans in the second half of 2010.
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AIBA Executive Committee Meeting
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President Wu’s Activities
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AIBA Youth World Championships
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Youth Olympic Games
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Women’s World Championships
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American Boxing Confederation Men’s Championships Youth Championships
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European Boxing Confederation Men’s Championships
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African Boxing Confederation Women’s Championships Youth Championships
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AIBA World Rankings
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World Series of Boxing (WSB)
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AIBA Calendar
Asian Boxing Confederation Women’s Championships Youth Championships
Yours Boxing, Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, AIBA President
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No. 6 | JANUARY - JUNE 2010 | BOXING NEWS AIBA 1
AIBA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
AIBA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AIBA Executive Committee Prepares for Historic Year in Boxing AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo Wu closed the AIBA Executive Committee meeting in Xiamen, China on the 30th of January, 2010, in a year he hailed as historic for the sport. Among many agenda items, the Executive Committee made important changes to some of its procedural rules, debated the rules of the forthcoming World Series of Boxing, received progress reports on preparations for forthcoming AIBA events, discussed the details of the “Road to London” program covering all major tournaments in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games and finally, approved the business plans for its commissions and confederations as well as the 2009 audit and the 2010 AIBA budget. “This will be a very busy year for AIBA,” Dr Wu said at the meeting. “We have five major AIBA events, including the Youth and Women’s World Championships, as well as the launch of the World Series of Boxing.” Dr Wu was full of praise for the first-ever Joint Meeting of the Executive Committee with the AIBA Commissions. “[It was] to encourage dialogue, which produced a lively exchange of information between all members of the AIBA family,” he explained. “But more importantly it allowed us to meet each other and develop synergies between our members.”
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During the meeting, the Executive Committee approved changes to the Disciplinary Commission Code and Procedural Rules to increase the efficiency of the disciplinary system. The previous Disciplinary Commission having resigned, Mr Pierre Cornu, who was previously Chairman of the AIBA Appeals Commission, was appointed as the new Disciplinary Commission Chairman. Some modifications to the AIBA Bylaws were also agreed upon to clarify nominations and election procedures, including new rules for vice presidency, qualification for elections and clear identification of Congress representation. These changes provide for a faster hearing process, ensure preservation of both plaintiff and accused rights and protect the autonomy of the Disciplinary Commission. In financial matters, the Executive Committee approved all business plans of its Commissions and Confederations, adopted the 2009 audit and, finally, approved the finalized 2010 AIBA budget. In addition, the accounting period was changed to cover the period of 1st July to 30th June and a separate auditor was appointed for the World Series of Boxing accounts.
AIBA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The “Road to Milan” program to prepare selected boxers and coaches from emerging nations for participation in the 2009 World Championships in Milan proved so successful that its principle was extended to include all AIBA Men’s and Women’s World Championships and the last “Road to” program recently took place in Lenkaran, Azerbaijan before the Youth World Championships. This “Road to Baku” training camp was extremely useful for the participating boxers and showed that the next “Road to Barbados,” “Road to Busan” and 2012 Women’s World Championships will be worthwhile as well. The Executive Committee unanimously accepted a bid from Astana, Kazakhstan, to host the 2011 Junior World Championships. As part of their bid, the organizers agreed to implement a “Road to Astana” program along the lines of those used for the Elite and Youth level competitions.
Mr Franco Falcinelli, Chairman of the Technical and Rules Commission, was appointed as the AIBA Technical Delegate for the London 2012 Olympic Games. For the same tournament, Mr Terry Smith, Chairman of the AIBA Referee and Judges Commission, was appointed to the newly-created position of Deputy Technical Delegate (applicable to all competitions for which more than 500 boxers are entered). “We approved every decision unanimously which really shows we have built up a strong consensus on what we are going to implement,” Dr Wu said. “So I thank all the Executive Members for their support, which will give a very clear direction for the AIBA head office to work on. Without such decisions it would be much more difficult to organize the work. I’m sure 2010 will be another very successful year for AIBA,” he added.
The Executive Committee adopted the following weight categories that will apply from 1 September 2010: • Men’s Elite and Youth competitions: 46-49kg, 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg • Women’s Elite and Youth competitions: 45-48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, +81kg. • Women’s boxing at the Olympic Games in London 2012: 48-51kg, 57-60kg, 69kg-75kg. The following competition formats were adopted: • All AIBA Men’s Elite and Youth events: 3 rounds of 3 minutes • All AIBA Women’s Elite and Youth events: 4 rounds of 2 minutes • All AIBA Junior Boys and Girls events: 3 rounds of 2 minutes Furthermore, a rule was adopted limiting the maximum number of International Technical Officers (ITO) per country to two members with the same nationality in the same event with no ITO from the host country allowed. A new proposal was adopted that requires doctors of the same gender as the athletes to officiate at the weigh-in. The new Management System for Coaches was also adopted which requires 1-star coaches or above for 1-star events, 2-star coaches or above for 2-star events and only 3-star coaches for 3-star events. A grace period until December 2012 is granted to allow lower star-rated coaches to perform as a second in a higher level event if a National Federation does not have sufficient coaches at the required level. No. 6 | JANUARY - JUNE 2010 | BOXING NEWS AIBA 3
PRESIDENT’S ACTIVITIES
President Wu Travels the World for Boxing January 2010: Chinese Taipei – Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee Executive Committee Meeting; Xiamen, China – Visit to the Xiamen Olympic Museum as Director; Chinese Taipei – Back to the AIBA President’s Office; Incheon, South Korea – Meeting with the Incheon City Boxing Association, meeting with the Incheon Mayor and city government officials regarding the proposal for a Training Center, meeting with the CEO of Korean Airlines for sponsorship, meeting with the Mayor of Busan, meeting with AIBA staff for preparation of the upcoming AIBA Congress; Xiamen, China – AIBA Executive Committee meeting, commission meetings, Joint Meeting of AIBA Executive Committee and Commissions, AIBA Executive Committee Meetings. February 2010: Chinese Taipei – Olympic Society annual year-end dinner, Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee Meeting; Vancouver, Canada – International Olympic Committee Press Conference, 122nd International Olympic Committee session, XXI Olympic Winter Games. March 2010: Chinese Taipei – Back to the AIBA President’s Office; Geneva, Switzerland – 1st Board of Directors meeting for the Foundation of Better Boxing, AIBA Baku coordination and contract signing for AIBA and the World Series of Boxing; Baku, Azerbaijan – Youth World Championships Signing Ceremony; Shanghai, China – Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee regulation committee meeting; Xiamen, China – Xiamen Olympic Museum as Director. Chinese Taipei – Back to the AIBA President’s Office; Sanya City, China – Boao International Tourism Forum, Hainan Provence for the Asia Forum Annual Conference; Singapore – Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Advisory Committee Meeting/Asian IOC member meeting, meeting with the OCA President, IOC President, YOG venue visit; Chinese Taipei – Speech at alma mater Dung-Hai University’s Alumni Meeting about President Wu’s work as an IOC member and his revolutionary work as AIBA’s President since 2006. April 2010: Guangzhou, China – 1st China Open Boxing Championship, Technical Meeting, R&J Meeting, AIBA EB & RJ Meeting; Chinese Taipei – President Lui family funeral memorial. (Mr Lui was a very avid supporter of the IOC and AIBA movement and was the second president of the Olympia Association in Taipei); Baku, Azerbaijan – AIBA
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Youth World Championships; Barcelona, Spain – For Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch’s funeral; Baku, Azerbaijan – Meeting with EC Members, Draw Commission, ITO Meeting, Meeting with R&Js, Technical Meeting; Dubai, UAE – SportAccord Convention, meeting IFs participating in the Master Games, ASOIF General Assembly, meeting with London 2012 LOC, meeting with Brazilian NOC/ Rio 2016 LOC/Brazilian Boxing Federation, Combat Games Plenary Session, IOC Executive Board/Association of Summer Olympic International Federations Joint Meeting, SportAccord Conference, General Association of International Sports Federations Extraordinary Assembly.
PRESIDENT’S ACTIVITIES May 2010: Baku, Azerbaijan – AIBA Technical Delegate Examination, AIBA New Scoring System Test Event, AIBA Youth World Championships; Merida, Mexico – Pan American Sports Organization Meeting; Lusaka, Zambia – IOC Sport for Hope Program, Olympic Youth Development Center opening; Chinese Taipei – Back to the AIBA President’s Office; São Paulo, Brazil – Rio 2016 Olympic Games Coordination Commission Meeting; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Rio 2016 Olympic Games Coordination Commission Meeting; Chinese Taipei: Back to the AIBA President’s Office; Astana, Kazakhstan – 2010 Asian Women’s Championships; Almaty, Kazakhstan - Visit to the Boxing Academy site the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation proposed in Almaty; Chinese Taipei – Back to the AIBA President’s Office, Chinese Taipei Boxing Federation Executive Board meeting where President Wu explained the current and future plans of AIBA and the WSB to the Executive Board members where he was nominated as the Honorable President the federation.
June 2010: Lausanne, Switzerland – Meeting with AIBA Staff at Lausanne HQ; Moscow, Russia – European Men’s Championships; Istanbul, Turkey – WSB Press Conference launching Istanbul Franchise; Antalya, Turkey – Invited to Archery World Cup by FITA president; Chinese Taipei – Back to the AIBA President’s Office; Xiamen, China – Speaker at the 2nd Strait Forum to enhance various kinds of Olympic-related sports events and exchange activities between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait (China and Taiwan); Lausanne, Switzerland – Mr. Ron Frohlich Olympic Order award ceremony. (President Wu nominated Ron Frohlich, President of the International World Games Organization, to be the recipient of the Olympic Order, the ultimate honor from the IOC); London, England – WSB Draft.
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AIBA YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
AIBA YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHiPS Successful AIBA Youth World Championships Concluded flyweight final 9:4 to take the first gold for the host nation in the opening bout of the finals. Teammate Shaban Shahpalangov continued his highscoring run through the championships with a 14:6 victory over Puerto Rico’s Emmanuel Rodriguez in the flyweight category to take the host nation’s second gold medal. In the bantamweight final, Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana took Cuba’s first gold of the day after easily beating India’s Shiva Thapa.
After an organizationally challenging start due to one of nature’s powerful surprises, the eruption of the Iceland volcano, the AIBA Youth World Championships took place smoothly in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 25th to May 3rd. With 22 athletes from 15 different countries competing in the finals, Cuba’s youth boxing team excelled as three of its athletes won gold medals. Because the ash from the volcano disrupted air traffic, preventing many of the teams from arriving on time, the event was postponed to accommodate the highest number of people. In total, 466 boxers competed in the preliminaries, of which 42 took part in the “Road to Baku” training program. The Best Referee and Judge in this edition of the AIBA Youth World Championships, the only qualifying event for the Youth Olympic Games, was Raymond Morley from the Amateur Boxing Association of England. Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana took the bantamweight title, Irosvani Duverger Aviles the light heavyweight and Lenier Pero Justiz the heavyweight as three of the five Cuban boxers in the finals outpointed their rivals, with an astonishing defensive record that had admitted only one scoring counterpunch between the three of them. Azerbaijan’s Salman Alizada, who won the title of Best Boxer, overcame Ryan Burnett from Ireland in the light 6 AIBA BOXING NEWS | No. 6 | JANUARY - JUNE 2010
Germany’s Artur Bril triumphed in the featherweight division, beating Cuba’s Norlan Yera Diaz with an easy 10:3. “I still can’t believe I’m world champion,” Bril said in an interview after the final. “It hasn’t sunk in yet.” The pressure was on for India’s Krishan Vikas in the lightweight final as he faced Lithuania’s Evaldas Petrauskas. In a close match the Indian used his height and reach advantage to full effect to counteract Petrauskas’ body blows, finishing one point ahead to clinch the title.
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“I didn’t feel that comfortable today,” Vikas said after his bout. “I’m not used to fighting the Russian style of boxers. It left me a little tired and I could feel the pressure on me because it was the finals and India only had two boxers in and one of them had lost,” he said. In the light welterweight contest, Junior World Champion Oleg Nekliudov of the Ukraine beat Argentina’s Fabian Maidana 6:2 to secure the double. Brazil’s David Laurencio da Costa overcame the Asian Youth Champion Ahmad Mamadjanov of Uzbekistan to take the gold medal at welterweight with a 4:2 score line.”I would like to thank all the other athletes as well as my coach who has helped me so much,” da Costa said. Ireland’s Joseph Ward was the second boxer to make the transition from Junior to Youth World Champion. He easily overcame an out-of-sorts Damien Hooper from Australia 6:1. “I boxed a clever fight with my hands tight,” Ward
said. “I stuck by the plan. Damien is a good mover but I don’t think he’s in my class. But you cannot underestimate him and he’ll do well in the future.” Panamerican Youth Champion Irosvani Duverger Aviles from Cuba took his country’s second gold medal after he shut out Uzbekistan’s Sardorbek Begaliev 7:0. Teammate Lenier Pero Justiz took the third and final gold for his country with an equally impressive 11:0 victory over Russia’s Alexander Ivanov. “It definitely was not easy,” Justiz said. “Russia is a strong country but I prepared myself and fought well. For the Olympic Games I will prepare some more and I will become the Olympic Champion.” Croatia’s Filip Hrgovic entered the ring for the super heavyweight final nursing a cut above the eye but this did not stop him easing ahead of France’s Tony Yoka to clinch the title for Croatia. “The fight was very difficult. My opponent was very tough, like yesterday,” Hrgovic said. “But I’m smarter and I’ve got better technique.” With so many Youth boxers working hard in Azerbaijan to win a place for the Youth Olympic Games, the spectators and other fans will be satisfied when the Youth World Championships medalists compete in Singapore in August.
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Victorious Youth Take Home Gold Despite an uncertain start to the Youth World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan this year, these 12 young athletes overcame the power of volcanoes, deviated and postponed flights, as well as several rounds of intense boxing to qualify for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games and to become the 2010 Youth World Boxing Champions.
48KG – Salman Alizada (Azerbaijan) No matter the size or importance of the bout, 16-year-old Salman Alizada has been almost untouchable in Baku. In his last three major tournaments all held in Azerbaijan’s capital, Alizada has won the gold in every one. This unbeaten streak includes championship wins in the Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup, the Great Silk Road Youth Tournament and the AIBA Youth World Championships. Alizada has helped transform Azeri youth boxing, putting it on the map as a contender going forth. He has undoubtedly become the top young light flyweight boxer in the nation.
51KG – Shaban ShaHpalangov (Azerbaijan) After settling for a bronze medal at the Agalarov Youth Memorial tournament in 2009, 16-year-old Azeri phenom Shaban Shahkpalangov stepped up his game in a big way. In 2010, Shahpalangov won not one, but two flyweight gold medals. His first came in the Azeri Youth National Championships and the second at the AIBA Youth World Championships in front of hometown fans in Baku. Azerbaijan hasn’t been known for producing perennial boxing champions, but Shahpalangov’s win could mean a changing of the guards in youth boxing in the near future.
54KG – Robeisy ELOY Ramirez C. (CUBA) Bantamweight boxer Robeisy Eloy Ramirez Carrazana is one of the most decorated 16-year-old Cuban athletes, winning three different colored medals in 2010. Ramirez Carrazana blew out Shiva Thapa of India 14:1 to take home the AIBA Youth World Championships title. He also placed second at the Cuban Olympiad tournament in Camagüey and won a bronze medal at the Cuban Senior National Championships. Ramirez Carrazana is known nationally as one of the top boxers in what has traditionally been considered a powerhouse amateur boxing market.
57KG – Artur Bril (GERMANY) 18-year-old German featherweight star Artur Bril has dominated the youth boxing scene in his home country over the last three years. Bril is a two-time Brandenburg Youth tournament champion as well as a newly-minted AIBA Youth World Champion following his convincing 10:3 victory over Norlan Yera in the final round in Baku, Azerbaijan. Bril is one of the hottest prospects in German boxing and has refined his technique and gained significant experience since 2008. He still will be Germany’s best shot at reaching the medal stand next year.
60KG – Vikas Krishan (INDIA) Indian boxer Vikas Krishan only seems to know one color: gold. Over the last three years, Krishan has won a total of four gold medals including one at the AIBA Youth World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Due to his recent success, Krishan has affirmed himself as one of the top up-and-coming boxers in India. He stood atop the podium at the Indian Youth National Championships where he was crowned the lightweight National Champion and also at the Asian Youth Championships where he defeated Phonwirat Patitangkho of Thailand in the final 4:0.
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AIBA YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 64KG – Oleg Nekliudov (Ukraine)
Young doesn’t mean inexperienced. Just ask 16-year old Ukrainian boxer Oleg Nekliudov who recently was crowned the 2010 light welterweight AIBA Youth World Champion following a stellar 6:2 final round win over Fabian Maidana of Argentina. Nekliudov is no stranger to the top of the podium, however. He is also the 2009 AIBA Junior World Champion. In addition, Nekliudov won the Carpatian Junior Cup in 2009 in front of the home fans in Ukraine, blanking fellow countryman Yevgeniy Barabanov 9:0 in the final.
69KG – David Lourenco da Costa (BRAZIL)
Brazilian welterweight World Champion David Lourenco da Costa has been on the upswing as of late, collecting his first AIBA Youth World Championships title in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2010. Costa upended Ahmad Mamadjanov of Uzbekistan 4:2 in the final to bring home the top prize. Gold had eluded the 18-year-old during the previous year when he collected two third-place bronze medals, one at the Cinturao de Ouro Youth tournament in Quito, Ecuador, and one at the AMBC Confederation Youth Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
75KG – Joseph Ward (IRELAND)
Irish teenage boxing sensation Joseph Ward claimed two middleweight World Championships within a single year with his latest golden moment coming at the AIBA Youth World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Ward easily defeated Damien Hooper of Australia 6:1 to take the top spot, becoming the first-ever male Irish boxer to be crowned a double world champion. The 16-year-old also picked up a third-place bronze medal in the 2010 Brandenburg Youth tournament in Germany in previous months to add to his impressive collection. Ward looks to strike gold for Ireland at the upcoming Youth Olympics in Singapore.
81KG – IrosvanI Duverger AVILES (CUBa)
Current light heavyweight AIBA Youth World Champion Irosvani Duverger Aviles of Cuba turned in one of the most successful years of his young career in 2010. In addition to winning the Youth World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, Duverger Aviles captured the AMBC Confederation Youth Championships silver medal after defeating Australia’s Brendan Scully 25:9 in the semifinals. He followed that performance up months later with another silver medal at the Cuban Olympiad tournament where he fell short to Julio Cesar De La Cruz 6:4 in the finals.
91KG – Lenier Eurice Pero Justiz (CUBa)
Following a stellar year in 2009 placing third at both the Cuban Senior National Championships and the Bolivarian Alternative Games, 17-year-old Cuban heavyweight Lenier Eurice Pero Justiz turned in one of the finest performances of 2010. Pero Justiz captured three gold medals at three different events. In the process, he was named an AIBA Youth World Champion, an AMBC Confederation Youth Champion and earned first-place at the Cuban Olympiad in his hometown of Camagüey.
+91KG – Filip Hrgovic (CROATIA)
Only four years into his young career, 18-year-old Croatian super heavyweight Filip Hrgovic has burst onto the international boxing scene in a big way. Hrgovic won the 2008 Junior National Championships at a then slimmed-down 86kg, but proved he could fight pound-for-pound with the super heavyweights a year later, taking home the silver medal in two different tournaments. The Zagreb-native has since followed up with a tremendous start to 2010 where he dominated France’s Tony Yoka 7:4 to capture the AIBA Youth World Championships title in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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Top 4 Boxers By Weight Category LIGHT Flyweight 48kg Last name
First name
Flyweight 51kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
Medal
1 Alizada
Salman
AZE
Gold
1 Shahpalangov Shaban
AZE
Gold
Gold
2 Burnett
Ryan
IRL
Silver
2 Rodriguez
Emmanuel
PUR
Silver
Silver
Vasiliy
RUS
Bronze
Bronze
EGY
Bronze
Bronze
First name
Country Medal
Medal
3 Hoorboyev
Zohidjon
UZB
Bronze
3 Vetkin
3 Veita Soto
Yosvany
CUB
Bronze
3 Mahmoud A. Hesham
Bantamweight 54kg Last name
Featherweight 57kg
First name
Country Medal
Medal
1 Ramirez C.
Robesy
CUB
Gold
Gold
1 Bril
Artur
GER
Gold
Gold
2 Thapa
Shiva
IND
Silver
Silver
2 Yera Diaz
Norlan
CUB
Silver
Silver
3 Michelus
Dawid
POL
Bronze
Bronze
3 Suslekov
Denislav
BUL
Bronze
Bronze
3 Marin
Alexandru
ROU
Bronze
Bronze
3 Isayev
Elvin
AZE
Bronze
Bronze
Lightweight 60kg Last name
Last name
Light Welterweight 64kg
First name
Country Medal
Medal
First name
Country Medal
Medal
1 Vikas
Krishan
IND
Gold
Gold
1 Nekliudov
Oleg
UKR
Gold
Gold
2 Petrauskas
Evaldas
LTU
Silver
Silver
2 Maidana
Fabian
ARG
Silver
Silver
3 Vahrenholt
Thomas
GER
Bronze
Bronze
3 Zapata
Samuel
VEN
Bronze
Bronze
3 Mather
Brett
AUS
Bronze
Bronze
3 Kuncaitis
Ricardas
LTU
Bronze
Bronze
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Last name
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Welterweight 69kg Last name
First name
Middleweight 75kg
Country Medal
Medal
1 Laurenco da C. David
BRA
Gold
Gold
2 Mamadjanov Ahmad
UZB
Silver
Silver
3 Radovan
Denis
GER
Bronze
3 Dalibaev
Islomzhon
KGZ
Bronze
Last name
First name
Country Medal
Medal
1 Ward
Joseph
IRL
Gold
Gold
2 Hooper
Damien
AUS
Silver
Silver
Bronze
3 Carrillo
Palacio
COL
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
3 Zoltan
Harcsa
HUN
Bronze
Bronze
Light Heavyweight 81kg Country Medal
Medal
1 Duverger A. Irosvani
Last name
First name
CUB
Gold
Gold
2 Begaliev
Sardorbek
UZB
Silver
Silver
3 Elpiev
Anzor
RUS
Bronze
Bronze
3 Aksin
Burak
TUR
Bronze
Bronze
Heavyweight 91kg First name
Country Medal
Medal
1 Pero Justiz
Last name
Lenier
CUB
Gold
Gold
2 Ivanov
Alexander
RUS
Silver
Silver
3 Turchi
Fabio
ITA
Bronze
Bronze
3 Patir
Umit
TUR
Bronze
Bronze
Super heavyweight +91kg Last name
First name
Country Medal
Medal
1 Hrgovic
Filip
CRO
Gold
Gold
2 Yoka
Tony
FRA
Silver
Silver
3 Parker
Joseph
NZL
Bronze
Bronze
3 Skoryi
Oleksandr
UKR
Bronze
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“Road to Baku” Paves Better Life for Young Boxers Rohan Pradhan started boxing three years ago when he was 14. In April, he attended the “Road to Baku” training program to prepare for the Youth Olympic Games qualifier, the AIBA Youth World Championships.
the AIBA Youth World Championships where he won a bronze medal. Pradhan lost in the preliminaries but he sat smiling in the stands throughout the competition supporting his national team as well as his fellow training camp friends.
The “Road to” training programs are an initiative by AIBA to help boxers from emerging countries to develop their boxing skills because back home they may not have enough resources to train at equal levels to some of the other competitors.
“Although I lost, I learned a lot that I will apply in upcoming contests,” Pradhan said. “The camp taught me skills that I didn’t have before and now I use these in my training. The camp gave us the strength to perform well and we were guided by great coaches who taught us many things,” he said.
Pradhan recounted that he deemed himself very lucky to have had a chance to train in Lenkaran, Azerbaijan at the “Road to Baku” camp because in his country, Nepal, he did not have access to the same kinds of facilities or equipment. In fact, many of the “Road to Baku” boxers came to train with just the one T-shirt on their backs.
The training camp would not have been a success without the hard work carried out by the nine coaches, led by Italian Nino Fracasso, who also coached the “Road to Milan” program before the AIBA Men’s World Championships last year.
As part of the program, AIBA provided funding towards travel, accommodation, board and local transportation for the 43 boxers from 24 different countries who attended the camp from the 5th to the 20th of April. After some exciting bouts, only one of the “Road to Baku” boxers made it through to the quarterfinals of
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“I accepted to coach again because I love to teach and train boxers in international events; this is my world,” Fracasso said. With help from the other eight coaches from Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Germany, Kyrgyzstan and Samoa, Fracasso carried out an intense two-week strict regimen including training, nutrition and discipline.
AIBA YOUTH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPs
“I do everything to achieve the best results for these boxers as athletes, but I also teach them as men to respect the rules of decency and brotherhood among the peoples,” Fracasso said. One of the most difficult things for many of the “Road to Baku” boxers was communicating in a common language. With so many different countries being represented and not all of the boxers speaking one of the coach’s languages, some of the athletes said they felt it was a great challenge, but that in the end, communication developed between them in other ways.
“My schoolteacher used to ask me why I box and train so much,” said Pradhan, now back in Nepal and training hard and fast for his next event. “But I love it. I got a golden chance to take part in that camp to be trained.” Back in his home, the young Nepali boxer is studying hard to achieve his life goal of becoming an accountant while he continues to box, but he won’t soon forget the times he had with his friends at the “Road to Baku.” “It was one of the greatest times of my life. Thank you for giving me such an empowering experience.”
“It’s very exciting to train these young athletes in the ‘Road to Baku’ and to see that every day they became a larger group banding together, a large family, a family roofed under AIBA,” Fracasso said. Despite their different cultures and languages., the training camp athletes, all of them had a common story – that boxing improved their lives full of hardship and the “Road to Baku” gave them an opportunity to see another side of the world while participating in this life-changing sport.
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Youth Olympic Games
Youth Olympic Games – Blazing the Trail The first edition of the Youth Olympic Games will take place in Singapore this summer from August 14th to the 26th and will be the first first new event the International Olympic Committee has staged since the 1924 Olympic Winter Games. Singapore won the right to host the Games on February 21st 2008 in Lausanne, Switzerland where IOC President Jacques Rogge made the official announcement. Over 5,000 young athletes and officials will be attending this inaugural event and according to its Web site, the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee is expecting 370,000 spectators to watch them. The Youth Olympic Games target youth and their education and the organizers are doing a wonderful job communicating to the youngsters in a modern, online-savvy way. Their YOG DNA label, The Cube, the MillionDeedChallenge, WhyOhGee, photo competitions, videos from famous athletes and a strong social media presence are gathering interest and fans for this new IOC endeavor. The youth athletes will be taking part in 26 different sports and men’s boxing is included in the Games’ schedule. The organizers are expecting more than 3,600 athletes from 170 countries. Boxers born between 1992 and 1993 will be eligible to participate in the Youth Olympic Games in 11 weight classes: 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg, 91kg and +91kg. The contest will be held under official AIBA rules with bouts of three rounds of three minutes with one-minute breaks in between. A maximum of three athletes can be sent per NOC and only one boxer per NOC can compete in each weight class. In total, 66 boxers will be on the line for the gold in the International Convention Center in Singapore from August 21st. The qualification event for the Youth Olympic Games was the AIBA Youth World Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 25th to May 3rd where a record number, 27 nations, collected at least one medal in the biggest-ever AIBA youth boxing tournament.
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The new AIBA Youth World Champions were Salman Alizada of Azerbaijan, his teammate Shaban Shahpalangov, Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba, Artur Bril of Germany, Vikas Krishan of India, Oleg Neklyudov of Ukraine, David Lourenco da Costa of Brazil, Joseph Ward of Ireland, Irosvany Duverger of Cuba, his compatriot Leinier Pero and Filip Hrgovic of Croatia. All of the gold medalists qualified to compete in Singapore. The deadline for the NOC’s to confirm their use of the qualified places to AIBA was June 15th while the entries deadline by name is July 15th. 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore (summer) in 2010 and Innsbruck (winter) in 2012 2 pillar programmes of equal importance: Sports Competitions and Culture and Education (CEP) 3 age groups in principle: 15/16, 16/17, 17/18 4 “Universality Places” guaranteed for each NOC in Singapore in 2010 5% mixed-gender and /or mixed-NOC competition events in Singapore 7 sports for the Winter edition 10 and 12 days’ duration (respectively) for Winter and Summer editions 26 sports for Summer edition 205 NOCs invited to participate in Singapore in 2010 1,000 athletes for Winter edition 3,600 athletes for the Summer edition
Youth Olympic Games
The Youth Olympic Games Qualifications The selection for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games is made on the basis of qualifications for places designated by several categories of quotas. Boxers can either qualify via their International Federation qualification championships, in this case, the AIBA Youth World Championships, or via Universality places proposed to the IOC/AIBA tripartite commission by their country’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), or, if the boxers are from Singapore, they can be chosen for the two places reserved for the Youth Olympic Games’ host country. In total, 66 boxers may participate in the Youth Olympic Games, 44 via AIBA, 20 via NOCs and two from Singapore. However, there are caps to the quotas to ensure a fair chance to boxers from a number of different countries.
Any places the host country does not use will be reallocated to the qualified NOCs as Universality places. If the Universality places are unused, they will be reallocated according to the following criteria: a. A boxer from a non-qualified NOC b. Performance at the 2010 AIBA Youth World Championships c. NOCs with strong and developing boxing programs After being qualified and chosen, a boxer can only compete if he meets the eligibility requirements: He must have been born between January 1st, 1992 and December 31st, 1993 and he must satisfy the nationality and medical requirements according to the AIBA Technical and Competition Rules.
Each NOC can send a maximum of three boxers to the Youth Olympic Games and only one of these boxers can compete in each weight category so that country representation is distributed fairly. To be qualified to be chosen to participate in the Youth Olympic Games, all boxers must have competed in the only qualifying event for the Youth Olympic Games, the AIBA Youth World Championships that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 25th to May 3rd. As such, the four best boxers from each weight class, as long as they were from different NOCs, qualified for the Youth Olympic Games at the AIBA Youth World Championships. Cuba won more than three qualifying places and had to submit the names of their final choice of competitors by June 15th. If the boxers who qualified are unable to compete in the Youth Olympic Games, AIBA will select replacements based on the boxers’ rankings at the Youth World Championships in the following order: REPLACEMENT SYSTEM a
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Youth Olympic Games
DOMENICO VALENTINO AIBA World Champion and WSB Boxer Chosen as Youth Olympic Games Athlete Role Model Full Name: Domenico Valentino Date Of Birth: 17th of May, 1984 Birthplace: Caserta, Italy Height: 171cm Weight: 64kg Right or left-handed: Right-handed Stance: Orthodox Boxing Club: Fiamme Oro della Polizia di Stato Coach’s name: Raffaele Munno, Giulio Coletta Nationality: Italian Profession: Policeman Education: Diploma in accounting (final examination to be taken) Marital Status: Married Favorite Food: Spaghetti with tomato sauce Favorite Song: Più Bella Cosa by Eros Ramazzotti and Piccoli Per Sempre by Gemelli Diversi Favorite Band/Group: Gemelli Diversi Favorite Activity: Sports Favorite Quote: “Better late than never.”
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Youth Olympic Games
When and why did you start boxing? I started boxing in 1999. My brother used to practice boxing and I started by going with him to the same gym. Who is your boxing inspiration? Both Oscar de la Hoya and Roberto Cammarelle. What is the most important lesson you’ve learned through boxing? Respect towards others and good manners. What has been your most memorable boxing experience? The two Olympic Games in Athens and Beijing. What do you hope to achieve in the next five years? An Olympic medal. How do you feel about having been chosen as the athlete role model for boxing at the YOG? I am proud and really happy. I really hope I will be able to transfer a lot of my knowledge to the youth taking part in these Olympic Games. What advice would you like to give to the young boxers who will be participating in the first Youth Olympic Games? They have to believe in what they do and they need to have a precise goal to reach. This is how I became World Champion. If you really want something, you just need to believe in it.
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Youth Olympic Games
Youth Olympic Games Q&A with Krishan Vikas, boxer qualified for YOG At just 18-years-old, Krishan Vikas has already proven himself to be a successful athlete in the boxing world. With four major golds under his belt from the AIBA Youth World Championships, the Asian Youth Championships, the Indian Youth National Championships and the Children of Asia Games, Boxing News interviewed him about his career so far and how he feels about the next big event that is fast-approaching, the Youth Olympic Games.
KV: My coach has influenced me the most. During the last Olympics in Beijing in 2008 our club’s member was able to get the gold. But my family has been important, too. My father suggested I start boxing for health and at first, my mother was worried but now she says “Go to practice, go to the practice. Why are you sleeping? You have to go to practice.”
Boxing News: What is your boxing story?
KV: I’m doing our basic, normal training. We have different workouts scheduled every day. One month before the Youth Olympic Games, we’ll go to a boxing camp with our coach.
Krishan Vikas: I started boxing to keep myself healthy about seven and a half years ago when I was 11. I was very thin and my father told me that I should be healthy so he said I should start boxing and I liked it very much. Now I train in my local city, Bhiwani. BN: How nervous were you at the Youth World Championships? KV: I was very nervous at the time but when the finals came it was very exciting and for the second time, I got a title in Baku. [In 2007 Vikas won the AIBA Cadet World Championships also in Baku.] But, no, I was not fully confident and even my coaches told me, “Vikas we can only hope for you.” BN: Which of your wins so far have been the most memorable and why? KV: This final win was very tough so I am very proud of it. It was not so memorable though since I recently became Asian Youth Champion as well. I remember everything from the first time I became a Youth Champion. I loved it. This time wasn’t as exciting because it was just three months after I became Asian Youth Champion. BN: How do you feel about having qualified for the Youth Olympic Games? KV: Now I’m a little bit happy but not any more so than that because my main goal is to go to the senior Olympic Games. This is my goal and the Youth Olympic Games will not be as tough or as good as the senior ones. BN: What influence have your family, coach and friends played in your journey to the Youth Olympic Games? 18 AIBA BOXING NEWS | No. 6 | JANUARY - JUNE 2010
BN: How are you training for the Youth Olympic Games?
BN: Do you to go to school? How does your training schedule work with that and your other activities? KV: Yes, I go to college, but it’s a distance-learning school. I’m working towards my Bachelor of Arts and I’m taking Hindi, English, Psychology and Physical Education. Later on in life, I want to get a job in the Haryana Police Service as an officer. Since my classes are distance-learning and my club for training is about 400 to 500 meters away from where I live, it’s pretty easy to balance my activities. BN: How confident are you feeling about winning a medal at the Youth Olympic Games? KV: I will win. It’s a burden to carry because I know the outcome will affect my entire career. So, I have to win. I beat my opponent from the Youth World Championships by one point so I think it will be a little difficult because the Asian and European boxers will be tough. BN: Who is your boxing inspiration and what do you hope to inspire in others by being a role model for younger boxers? KV: Vijender. I want to be like him. At the moment, every time I go by 10- or 11-year-old boxers at my club, they say “Good afternoon” and “Good evening.” They give me a lot of respect because I encourage them and I tell them their faults. Boxing is their career path – it’s how they can get out of the villages because there aren’t many good schools. Boxing is a way for us to get a better opportunity in life.
AIBA WOMEN’S worlD championships
AIBA WOMEN’s WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Barbados Awaits Biggest-Ever Women’s EvenT AIBA is expecting record numbers of boxers and entering nations at the next large-scale AIBA event despite the global crisis and the huge travel distances. The 6th AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships will be held in Bridgetown, the capital city of the picturesque island Barbados from September 9th to the 18th. The first Women’s World Championships were hosted in the US city of Scranton, Pennsylvania in 2001, then Antalya, Turkey in 2002, Podolsk, Russia in 2005, New Delhi, India in 2006 and Ningbo City, China organized the last edition in 2008, making it a truly round-the-world event. Women’s boxing is a fast-developing sport, with more than 140 countries sending women athletes around the globe to compete in boxing tournaments and these numbers are increasing steadily in each of the AIBA Confederations.
The bouts for these championships will begin on September 9th, marking the start of the first AIBA Women’s World Championships to be held since the IOC’s decision to include women’s boxing in the 2012 London Olympic Games. The finals will be held on September 18th. Boxers from the ages of 19 to 34 will be eligible to compete at the championships in one of the 10 official AIBA weight classes: 45kg-48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg and +81kg. The bouts will consist of four rounds of two minutes as per official AIBA rules. One of the best female boxers, two-time World Champion, four-time European Champion and 2008 Best Woman Boxer Katie Taylor is planning to come to Barbados to defend her title. The 23-year-old Irish boxer was not only honored by AIBA in 2008 but she had a tremendous experience this year in March when Michelle Obama, whose father also taught the First Lady boxing when she was younger, invited her to the White House’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Taylor had the honor of meeting both Michelle Obama and US President Barack Obama.
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AIBA WOMEN’S worlD championships
The Indian living legend Mary Kom has also achieved incredible results, collecting four gold medals in the short history of the AIBA Women’s World Championships and the silver in the first edition of the competition. She has proven herself to be one of history’s strongest boxing competitors. At only 23-years-old, Sofia Ochigava of Russia already has two World Champion titles under her belt. Last year she moved up into the new Olympic class, lightweight, while her experienced middleweight teammate Olga Slavinskaya has returned to the ring after the IOC’s decision last year.
Two-time World Champion Maria Kovacs of Hungary went down from 81kg to 75kg due to the London Olympic Games. In April she won in this new weight class at the Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament, proving herself to be fierce competition. At middleweight, AIBA Women’s Boxing Ambassador, two-time World Champion Anna Laurell of Sweden, will also be competing at the championships. AIBA is expecting the world’s best women’s boxing nations to take part and preliminary registration remains open until June 30th.
Two two-time World Champions, Arianne Fortin and Mary Spencer from Canada, along with Kum Ju Yun of North Korea are also among the best women boxers expected to be competing in Bridgetown in September.
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AMBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ecuador Calls Victory in Quito Host nation Ecuador collected five gold medals at the AMBC Confederation Elite Men’s Championships, which concluded on June 19th in the capital city, Quito. Cuba and Brazil acquired two golds each and Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic each took one first place at the event. Reigning World Champion and Beijing Olympic Games bronze medalist Roniel Iglesias of Cuba was awarded the title of best boxer. Altogether 86 boxers from Ecuador, Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela competed at this 9th edition of the AMBC Confederation Championships. Unfortunately some powerful boxing countries such as the United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Barbados, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago and the Virgin Islands did not take part. Some of the best boxers of the American Boxing Confederation such as World Championships quarterfinalist Everton Lopes of Brazil, World Championships silver medalist Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela and Beijing Olympic Games quarterfinalist Carlos Gongora of Ecuador also missed the continental event. The Ecuadorian squad won the four heaviest weight categories. The notable victories were by former AMBC Confederation Cadet Champion Jaime Cortez who claimed the middleweight gold against Yamaguchi Florentino Falcao of Brazil and by AIBA Junior World Championships silver medalist 17-year-old local hero Italo Perea who defeated strong Julio Cesar de la Cruz of Cuba. Also, local favorite Carlos Quipo who claimed the first Ecuadorian gold medal, beat AIBA Youth World Championships bronze medalist 20-yearold Dominican Luis Miguel Diaz in the light flyweight semifinals and Junior Zarate of Argentina 6:4 in the final. Ecuador’s performance has been developing over the past few years. At the Athens Olympic Games they got just one qualifying place, while in Beijing they got three. For the London Olympic Games, Ecuador has a good chance to once again increase its number of qualifying places.
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At only 22-years-old, Cuban virtuoso Iglesias has been on his national squad since 2005 and has won many medals in international tournaments and championships. This time around, he defeated teenager Pritchard Colon of Puerto Rico in the semifinals and Juan Pablo Romero of Mexico 10:2 in the final. Experienced Juliao Neto of Brazil claimed the gold medal against Beijing Olympian Jose Meza of Ecuador in the final. Newcomer Camilo Perez of Puerto Rico defeated Kenny Lally of Canada in the bantamweight final, 7:0. Dominican featherweight class boxer Roberto Navarro competed at the Beijing Olympic Games and on his successful return he won over Youth World Champion Oscar Valdez of Mexico, 9:8. Cuban rising star 21-year-old Yasniel Toledo claimed the lightweight gold medal after beating AIBA World Championships silver medalist Jose Pedraza of Puerto Rico in a tactical bout where the final scoring finished 8:3. Myke Carvalho of Brazil competed in the Athens and Beijing Olympic Games in the 64kg weight class but he went up into welterweight just before the confederation championships and surprised fans when he beat Olympic Games silver medalist Carlos Banteur of Cuba 9:6. Heavyweight class boxer Julio Castillo of Ecuador outpointed Youth World Champion Erislandy Savon of Cuba; the final score was 12:1 to the local boxer. Finally, Jorge Quinones secured Ecuador’s fifth gold medal after beating Didier Bence of Canada only with accepted scores.
AMBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
FINAL RESULTS LIGHT Flyweight 48kg Last name
First name
Flyweight 51kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Quipo
Carlos
ECU
Gold
1 Neto
Juliao
BRA
Gold
2 Zarate
Junior
ARG
Silver
2 Meza Ochoa
Jose
ECU
Silver
3 Diaz
Luis Miguel
DOM
Bronze
3 Gonzalez Ortiz
Jonathan
PUR
Bronze
3 Acosta
Angel
PUR
Bronze
3 Avila
Braulio
MEX
Bronze
Bantamweight 54kg Last name
First name
Featherweight 57kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Perez
Camilo
PUR
Gold
1 Navarro G.
Roberto
DOM
Gold
2 Lally
Kenny
CAN
Silver
2 Valdez Fierro
Oscar
MEX
Silver
3 Emigdio
Elias
MEX
Bronze
3 Valarezo
Jonathan
ECU
Bronze
3 Forestal
Marcos
CUB
Bronze
3 Santos
Braulio
PUR
Bronze
Lightweight 60kg Last name 1 Toledo Lopez
Light Welterweight 64kg
First name
Country Medal
Yasniel
CUB
Gold
Last name 1 Iglesias S.
First name
Country Medal
Roniel
CUB
Gold
2 Pedraza G.
Jose
PUR
Silver
2 Romero
Juan
MEX
Silver
3 Aguirre R.
Joselito
GUA
Bronze
3 Colon M.
Prichard
PUR
Bronze
3 Bone
Erick
ECU
Bronze
3 Knowles
Valentino
BAH
Bronze
Welterweight 69kg Last name 1 Carvalho
Middleweight 75kg
First name
Country Medal
Myke
BRA
Gold
Last name 1 Cortez Padilla
First name
Country Medal
Jaime
ECU
Gold
2 Banteur Suarez
Carlos
CUB
Silver
2 Florentino
Yamaguchi
BRA
Silver
3 Molina
Oscar
MEX
Bronze
3 Correa Bayeux
Emilio
CUB
Bronze
3 Castano
Brian
ARG
Bronze
3 Valera
Felix
DOM
Bronze
Light Heavyweight 81kg Last name
First name
Heavyweight 91kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Perea Castillo
Ytalo
ECU
Gold
1 Castillo
Julio
ECU
Gold
2 De La Cruz P.
Julio
CUB
Silver
2 Savon Cotilla
Erislandy
CUB
Silver
3 Fish
Collin
CAN
Bronze
3 Guerrero
Ruben
MEX
Bronze
3 Ortega
Francisco
MEX
Bronze
3 Tapia
Keith
PUR
Bronze
Super heavyweight +91kg Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Quinonez T.
Jorge
ECU
Gold
2 Bence
Didier
CAN
Silver
3 Acea
Robert Gerardo
CUB PUR
Bronze Bronze
3 Bisbal
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AMBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
AMBC CONFEDERATION YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS Cuba Dominates Ring at AMBC Confederation Youth championships Eight Cuban teenagers won their respective weight classes at the AMBC Confederation Youth Championships, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on February 25th, dominating with such force that they left only three categories open to other countries for the gold. Out of the 70 athletes from 15 nations who competed in the Gran Arena del Cibao Doctor Gobaira Oscar of Santiago, Cuba was the only country that entered with a full 11-member team. Most of the best American boxing nations took part in the event from the 21st to the 25th of February, although the United States and Canada missed the tournament because their Youth Nationals were held at the same time. Playa Giron silver medalist 18-year-old Yosvani Veitia of Cuba (48kg) had a very difficult contest during the semifinals where he won by just one point, 15:14, over local favorite Juan Gabriel Medina, moving on to an easier final against Mycol Tello of Guatemala. Dagoberto Aguero of the Dominican Republic, a 17-yearold American junior champion, only claimed a silver medal, surprising fans when 17-year-old Cuban national junior games winner Robeisy Ramirez defeated him in the light flyweight class final.
Junior World champion 17-year-old Yunior Valdez of Cuba (57kg) won against local favorite Luis Salazar in the final, while his friend, also 17-year-old Junior World champion, Arlen Lopez (60kg) claimed the gold medal in the lightweight class after beating talented Daniel Echeverria of Mexico. Relatively unknown Hector Boloy of Cuba (69kg) defeated strong Anderson Rojas of Ecuador, while his teammate Irosvani Duverger Aviles (75kg) demonstrated his power in the final against Alan Campa of Mexico: After Duverger Aviles threw some big punches in the first round the referee stopped the contest. The best Cuban fighters, national championships bronze medalist Leinier Pero (91kg) and national championships silver medalist Yuniel Castro (+91kg), both took first place in Santo Domingo. Felix Verdejo of Puerto Rico (54kg), the 17-year-old Cinturon de Oro winner, defeated strong boxers Yunior Ribalta of Cuba and Juan Yonelvi Medina of the Dominican Republic on his way up to the final. National youth champion 18-year-old Pritchard Colon of Puerto Rico (64kg) defeated Junior World Championships silver medalist Samuel Saul Rodriguez of Cuba in the final claiming Puerto Rico’s second gold medal. Italo Perea of Ecuador, Junior World Championships silver medalist (81kg), was one of the three boxers who managed to beat a Cuban athlete in the championships. Perea was an American champion among juniors last year and now he has acquired the gold medal in the youth level as well. The Dominican Republic saw many medal contenders for the AIBA Youth World Championships and after their wonderful performances, it is no wonder that some of these boxers qualified for the Youth Olympic Games.
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AMBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
FINAL RESULTS
LIGHT Flyweight 48kg Last name
First name
Flyweight 51kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Veitia Soto
Yosvany
CUB
Gold
1 Ramirez C.
Robeisy Eloy
CUB
Gold
2 Tello
Mycol
GUA
Silver
2 Aguero
Dagoberto
DOM
Silver
3 Medina
Juan Gabriel
DOM
Bronze
3 Hernandez
Luis Enrrique
MEX
Bronze
3 Pedroza
Gilberto
PAM
Bronze
3 Cocinero
Billy
GUA
Bronze
Bantamweight 54kg Last name
First name
Featherweight 57kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Verdejo
Felix
PUR
Gold
1 Valdez Boleri
Yunior
CUB
Gold
2 Barros
Gilson
BRA
Silver
2 Salazar
Luis
DOM
Silver
3 Medina
Juan Jonelvi
DOM
Bronze
3 Marriaga
Eduward
COL
Bronze
3 Weathely
Wellinton
ECU
Bronze
3 Pillot
Manuel
PUR
Bronze
Lightweight 60kg Last name 1 Lopez Cardona
Light Welterweight 64kg
First name
Country Medal
Arlen
CUB
Gold
Last name 1 Colon
First name
Country Medal
Prichard
PUR
Gold
2 Echeverira
Daniel
MEX
Silver
2 Rodriguez
Samuel Saul
CUB
Silver
3 Morales
David
GUA
Bronze
3 Maidana
Fabian
ARG
Bronze
3 Minda
Jeyson
ECU
Bronze
3 Zapata
Samuel
VEN
Bronze
Welterweight 69kg Last name 1 Boloy Favier
Middleweight 75kg
First name
Country Medal
Hector Cleider
CUB
Gold
Last name 1 Duverger Aviles
First name
Country Medal
Irosvany
CUB
Gold
2 Rojas
Anderson
ECU
Silver
2 Campa
Alan Gustavo
MEX
Silver
3 Hazel Ramos
Hernan
MEX
Bronze
3 Mercado
Jorge
ECU
Bronze
3 Lorenco
David
BRA
Bronze
3 Rivero
Mackobv
VEN
Bronze
Light Heavyweight 81kg Last name
First name
Heavyweight 91kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Perea
Italoi
ECU
Gold
1 Pero Justis
Leinier Eunice
CUB
Gold
2 Sanchez Faure
Frank
CUB
Silver
2 Mina
Domingo
ECU
Silver
3 Lima
Thiago
BRA
Bronze
3 Tanco
Bryan
PUR
Bronze
Super heavyweight +91kg Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Castor Chavez
Yuiner Saul
CUB
Gold
2 De Jesus
Manuel
DOM
Silver
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ASBC confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
ASBC Confederation Women’s Championships Mavzuna Choriyeva Made History at ASBC Confederation Women’s Championships Talented young and rising star Mavzuna Choriyeva of Tajikistan made history at the 5th ASBC Confederation Women’s Boxing Championships which were held in the Kazakh capital city of Astana from May 24th to May 30th after setting a new record. The Championships welcomed 84 boxers from the following 16 nations: Afghanistan, China, Chinese Taipei, DPR Korea, India, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Vietnam. Choriyeva was a silver medalist in her debut competition at the 1st Astana International Women’s Tournament in December 2009 and earlier this year she competed in the Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament in Ankara, Turkey in April where she lost 3:2 in a close match.
Jordan and Kyrgyzstan made their international debut among the female boxers, both of them having held their first national Women’s Championships this year, while the Turkmen women athletes competed at the Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament in April marking their first appearance in a large-scale competition. The competition in Astana was the Afghan female boxing squad’s second international competition after the 2009 Asian Indoor Games. Five-time World Champion Indian legend Mary Kom returned to the ring after the Beijing Olympic Games and claimed her fourth Asian title in Astana at 48kg after beating Jong Ok of North Korea in the finals by a large margin of 8:1. Mary Kom’s teammate former World Champion experienced Sarita Devi Laishram won at flyweight against Nandintsetseg Myagmardulam of Mongolia, but her most difficult bout was in the semifinal against 20-year-old Aigerim Askerova of Kazakhstan where the final score came to 12:8. Host country Kazakhstan won four gold medals at the championships. Ahmet Comert Tournament winner Jaina Shekerbekova, Astana Tournament winner Saida Khasenova, and super heavyweight boxer Marina Volnova went home with the best result of their careers. The fourth Kazakh gold medalist was Dariga Shakimova who gave the most exciting performance in Astana due to her great victory against reigning World Champion Jieli Tang of China in the middleweight class, which is one of the new Olympic weight categories. The strong North Korean squad acquired two gold medals at the championships when Kim Myong Sim of North Korea defeated Nazgul Boranbayeva at 48kg while former World Champion Yun Kum Ju beat reigning World Champion Jiang Qin of China. One of the best female boxing nations, China, claimed only two gold medals at the championships, when Ting Ting Yang (69kg) and heavyweight class athlete Wang Yanrui won their weight categories 8:5 and 5:0, respectively.
Despite her lack of experience, Dushanbe-based Choriyeva won all three of her bouts at the championships to claim the gold medal in Astana. The 17-year-old Tajik boxer defeated Ryu Yong Sum of North Korea 10:7 in the final and claimed her country’s best-ever female boxing result. 26 AIBA BOXING NEWS | No. 6 | JANUARY - JUNE 2010
The event was a good opportunity for the female athletes to prepare for the AIBA Women’s World Championships which will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados in September, where the organizers are expecting record numbers of boxers.
ASBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
FINAL RESULTS LIGHT FLY 46kg First name
Country Medal
1 M.C.
Last name
Mary Kom
(IND)
Gold
2 Jong
Ok
(DPRK)
Silver
3 Nguyen
Thi Hoa
(VIE)
Bronze
3 Luo
Jiaoling
(CHN)
Bronze
FLY 48kg Last name
BANTAM 51kg First name
Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Kim
Myong Sim
DPRK
Gold
1 Laishram
Sarita Devi
IND
Gold
2 Boranbaeva
Nazgul
KAZ
Silver
2 Miagmardulan
Nandi
MGL
Silver
3 Luo
Yujie
CHN
Bronze
3 Askarova
Aygerim
KAZ
Bronze
3 Alicekate
Aparri
PHI
Bronze
3 Shimmoto
Aya
JPN
Bronze
FEATHERWEIGHT 54kg Last name
First name
LIGHTWEIGHT 57kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Shekerbekova
Jayna
KAZ
Gold
1 Yun
Kum Ju
DPRK
Gold
2 Kim
Hye Song
DPRK
Silver
2 Yang
Yangzi
CHN
Silver
3 Priyanka
Chaundary
IND
Bronze
3
Pavitra
IND
Bronze
3 Zhang
Qin
CHN
Bronze
3 Luu
Thi Duyen
VIE
Bronze
Light Welterweight 60kg
Welterweight 64kg
Last name
Last name
First name
Country Medal
First name
Country Medal
1 Chorieva
Movzuna
TJK
Gold
1 Hasenova
Saida
KAZ
Gold
2 Ryu
Yong Sim
DPRK
Silver
2 Yang
Qinqin
CHN
Silver
3 Dohg
Cheng
CHN
Bronze
3 Le Thi
Hien
VIE
Bronze
3 Su
Wen Hsien
TPE
Bronze
3 Pak
Kyong Ok
DPRK
Bronze
Middleweight 69kg Last name
First name
Light Heavyweight 75kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Yang
Tingting
CHN
Gold
1 Shakimova
Dariga
KAZ
Gold
2 Ri
Suk Yong
DPRK
Silver
2 Tang
Jieli
CHN
Silver
3
Kavita
IND
Bronze
3 Sonam
Yadav
IND
Bronze
3 Kolcova
Elena
KAZ
Bronze
3 Jang
Un Hui
DPRK
Bronze
Heavyweight 81kg Last name 1 Wang
First name Yanrui
2 Aswathimol 3 Mamatkulova 3 Odmaa
Yulduz Bayasgalan
SUPER Heavyweight +81kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
CHN
Gold
1 Volnova
Marina
KAZ
Gold
IND
Silver
2 Li
Yunfei
CHN
Silver
KAZ
Bronze
3 Randa
Abdelkhaleg
JOR
Bronze
Bronze
3
Kavita
IND
Bronze
MGL
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ASBC confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
ASBC Confederation YOUTH Championships Youth Boxers Show Asia What They’re Made Of Kazakhstan clinched four gold medals in the ASBC Confederation Youth Championships from March 3rd to March 10th where the Shahid Shiroudi Complex in Tehran, Iran welcomed the continent’s best youth boxers. Boxing powers India, Iran and China claimed two first place medals and Uzbekistan won one gold. Altogether, 122 boxers born between January 1st, 1992 and December 31st, 1993 from 20 nations entered the seven-day championships. Only Iran, India and Kazakhstan took part with full 11-member teams. Uzbekistan and China sent 10 boxers to the championships, Turkmenistan competed with 8 athletes, Thailand and Tajikistan entered 7 each and Mongolia, Thailand, Philippines, Syria, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Chinese Taipei, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore brought fewer athletes to the competition.
Jinyong Jiang of China. One of the favorites in the flyweight class, Sadayori Aoki of Japan, was defeated by 17-year-old Arman Amjadian of Iran in the quarterfinal. Nurbol Kalzhanov of Kazakhstan defeated AIBA World Championships silver medalist Tugstsogt Nyambayar of Mongolia 1:0 in the bantamweight final. Nyambayar went up a category in January, but in his first event of his new class he was not as successful. The bantamweight’s other star, Shiva Thapa of India, traveled back home without a medal. Kyzylorda-based Yerkin Duisenbayev continued Kazakhstan’s gold series when he won the featherweight class final after beating Venkat Giddi Nagarjun of India easily at 9:1. The result showed the power of the Kazakh boxer because Duisenbayev was only a silver medalist in the National Youth Championships and winning the gold in Tehran is proof that he stepped up his game. In the lightweight class, Children of Asia Games winner Vikas Krishan of India beat Phonwirat Patitangkho of Thailand 4:0. Talented National Youth Champion 17-year-old Meirim Nursultanov of Kazakhstan claimed his nation’s third gold medal after beating Akramjon Mamadjonov of Uzbekistan 4:2 in the 64kg ranks. Akramjon’s brother, Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup bronze medalist Ahmad Mamadjonov won the welterweight class final, beating rising star Nursahat Pazziyev of Turkmenistan, thus claiming his nation’s only gold medal in Tehran. Relatively unknown Yinhang Wen of China deservedly won the middleweight class, defeating the category’s top boxers: Children of Asia Games winner Nursultan Kozhabekov of Kazakhstan, Darioush Hosseini of Iran and finally 17-yearold Sumit Sangwan of India. Naveen Kumar ensured that India ended the final day on a high by defeating Aolin Zhang of China 4:2 in the 81kg category and National Youth Champion 17-year-old Askar Kupensheyev of Kazakhstan beat Salar Gholami of Iran 4:3, also bringing honor to his country.
In the first final of the championships in the lowest weight category, experienced Masuod Rigi of Iran defeated India’s spearhead Devendro Singh Laishram 5:0, energizing the local spectators from the start. In the 51kg final, AIBA Junior World Championships bronze medalist and reigning National Youth Champion Burgut Khodjibayev of Uzbekistan lost to 28 AIBA BOXING NEWS | No. 6 | JANUARY - JUNE 2010
The “Tajik Valuyev” 218cm tall Mekhrodjiddin Karimov of Tajikistan was the favorite in the super heavyweight class, but he lost to Daulet Musabayev of Kazakhstan in a close semifinal, with a final score of 11:10. In the end, the gold medal went to Iran when Farhad Molaei beat Musabayev in the final.
ASBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
FINAL RESULTS LIGHT Flyweight 48kg Last name 1 Masuod
Flyweight 51kg
First name
Country Medal
Rigi
IRI
Gold
Last name 1 Jiang
First name
Country Medal
Jinyong
CHN
Gold
2 Laishram
Devedro Singh
IND
Silver
2 Hodjiboyev
Buryut
UZB
Silver
3 Inoue
Naoya
JPN
Bronze
3 Surbetti
Srinivas
IND
Bronze
3 Moralye
Engelbert
PHI
Bronze
3 Amjadian
Armin
IRI
Bronze
Bantamweight 54kg Last name
First name
Featherweight 57kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Hurbol
Kalghanov
KAZ
Gold
1 Duisenbayev
Yerkin
KAZ
Gold
2 Nyambayar
Tugstogt
MGL
Silver
2 Giddi
Venkat
IND
Silver
3 Meredov
Yakub
TKM
Bronze
3 Qraish
Seif
JOR
Bronze
3 Ehsan
Sepahvandi
IRI
Bronze
3 Nursltan
Pazylov
KGZ
Bronze
Lightweight 60kg Last name 1 Vikas
Light Welterweight 64kg
First name
Country Medal
Krishan
IND
Gold
Last name 1 Meiirim
First name
Country Medal
Nursultanov
KAZ
Gold
2 Patitangkho
Phonwirat
THA
Silver
2 Mamajonov
Akramjon
UZB
Silver
3 Fei
Heng
CHN
Bronze
3 Harpal
Singh
IND
Bronze
3 Yessenov
Asslan
KAZ
Bronze
3 Hosseini
Seyed Saeid
IRI
Bronze
Welterweight 69kg Last name
First name
Middleweight 75kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Mamadjanov
Ahmad
UZB
Gold
1 Wen
Yinhang
CHN
Gold
2 Pazziyev
Nursahat
TKM
Silver
2 Sangwan
Sumit
IND
Silver
3 Kauerniya
Mstafa
IRI
Bronze
3 Mardarioush
Hosseini K.
IRI
Bronze
3 Aidarov
Saparbay
KAZ
Bronze
3 Choojit
Sakkarin
THA
Bronze
Light Heavyweight 81kg Last name 1
Heavyweight 91kg
First name
Country Medal
Naveen
IND
Gold
Last name 1 Kupensheyev
First name
Country Medal
Askar
KAZ
Gold
2 Zhang
Aolin
CHN
Silver
2 Gholami
Salar
IRI
Silver
3 Sardorbek
Begaliev
UZB
Bronze
3 Kumar
Manoj
IND
Bronze
3 Mukhamediev
Nodir
TJK
Bronze
3 Sodikov
Boburjon
UZB
Bronze
Super heavyweight +91kg Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Farhad
Molaei
IRI
Gold
2 Mycabaeb M.
Daulet
KAZ
Silver
3
Rajat Mirojiddin
IND TJK
Bronze Bronze
3 Karimov
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EUBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
EUBC Confederation MEN’s CHAMPIONSHIPS Russian boxers strike gold seven times on home soiL
The Russian boxing team dominated the final round of the EUBC Confederation Men’s Elite Championships on the 12th of June, collecting seven gold medals to highlight a historic day. World Championships bronze medalist Misha Aloyan took home Russia’s first title of the tournament, defeating Beijing Olympian and Aloyan’s biggest rival, Khalid Saeed Yafai of England in the flyweight final. Altogether 230 athletes from 41 European nations took part at the championships where Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and Hungary competed with full 11-member teams, while Turkey, Germany and Azerbaijan entered 10 boxers each in the event. Surprisingly the Georgian squad did not travel to Moscow and nor did the following members of the European Confederation: Cyprus, Belgium, Malta, Andorra, Luxembourg, Monaco, San Marino and Iceland.
quarterfinals where he eliminated former World Champion Sergey Vodopyanov of Russia in the home ring. To conclude his outstanding showing, Makarov upset Commonwealth Championships winner Iain Weaver of England by 7:2 in the featherweight final. Former World Champion Albert Selimov celebrated Russia’s third gold medal after beating Liverpool-based Thomas Stalker of England. Russia was equally successful in the 54kg division as bantamweight boxer Eduard Abzalimov knocked off Georgiy Chygayev of Ukraine, 5:0. Javakhyan’s footwork was excellent in the final against twotime World Championships bronze medalist Gyula Kate of Hungary. The Armenian’s experience, being a Beijing Olympic Games bronze medalist, prevailed and Javakhyan won the bout 3:2. Junior World Champion and EU Champion Balazs Bacskai of Hungary turned in yet another great performance in Moscow and claimed the gold medal in the welterweight final. The 22-year-old rising star ended the bout at 12:1 against Olympic Games bronze medalist Alexis Vastine of France. Artem Chebotarev of Russia had to fight off strong Kilkenny southpaw Darren O’Neill of Ireland in the middleweight final. The 22-year-old Russian carried an 8:4 lead into the second half of the bout and finally defeated O’Neill 16:7. Reigning AIBA World Champion Artur Beterbiyev of Russia is one the strongest boxers around and he demonstrated his power and speed at the 81kg final again this year. Beterbiyev led 5:0 against World Championships bronze medalist Abdelkader Bouhenia of France when the referee stopped the contest.
The opening finals bout featured the light flyweight event where Beijing Olympic Games bronze medalist Patrick Barnes of Ireland defeated reigning European Youth Champion Elvin Mamishzade of Azerbaijan, 4:1. This year, the nine-member Irish squad recorded 20 wins out of the 28 total contests in Moscow. European Championships bronze medalist Denis Makarov of Germany won the biggest fight of his career in the 30 AIBA BOXING NEWS | No. 6 | JANUARY - JUNE 2010
Titleholder and reigning World Champion Yegor Mekhontsev of Russia claimed the heavyweight gold medal easily against Tervel Pulev of Bulgaria 10:1 in the final to defend his title. At the super heavyweight class final, Kuzmin defeated another star after Cammarelle, Athens Olympic Games silver medalist Viktor Zuyev of Belarus. The score was 7:3 and brought the Russian’s gold medal count to seven.
EUBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
FINAL RESULTS LIGHT Flyweight 48kg Last name
First name
Flyweight 51kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Barnes
Patrick
IRL
Gold
1 Aloyan
Misha
RUS
Gold
2 Mamishzade
Elvin
AZE
Silver
2 Yafai
Khalid
ENG
Silver
3 de la Nieve L.
Jose
ESP
Bronze
3 Picardi
Vincenzo
ITA
Bronze
3 Danielyan
Hovhannes
ARM
Bronze
3 Beblik
Ronny
GER
Bronze
Bantamweight 54kg Last name 1 Abzalimov
Featherweight 57kg
First name
Country Medal
Eduard
RUS
Gold
Last name 1 Makarov
First name
Country Medal
Denis
GER
Gold
2 Chigaev
Georgi
UKR
Silver
2 Weaver
Iain
ENG
Silver
3 Yafai
Gamal
ENG
Bronze
3 Kunitsyn
Siarhei
BLR
Bronze
3 Selby
Andrew
WAL
Bronze
3 McCullagh
Tyrone
IRL
Bronze
Lightweight 60kg Last name 1 Selimov
Light Welterweight 64kg
First name
Country Medal
Albert
RUS
Gold
Last name 1 Dzhavahyan
First name
Country Medal
Grachya
ARM
Gold
2 Stalker
Thomas
ENG
Silver
2 Kate
Gyula
HUN
Silver
3 Donovan
Eric
IRL
Bronze
3 Klyuchko
Alexandr
UKR
Bronze
3 Burhard
Eugen
GER
Bronze
3 Solyannikov
Alexander
RUS
Bronze
Welterweight 69kg Last name 1 Bacskai
Middleweight 75kg
First name
Country Medal
Balazs
HUN
Gold
Last name 1 Chebotarev
First name
Country Medal
Artem
RUS
Gold
2 Vastine
Alexis
FRA
Silver
2 O'Neill
Darren
IRL
Silver
3 Shelestyuk
Taras
UKR
Bronze
3 Yesialov
Mikalai
BLR
Bronze
3 Nurudinov
Mahamed
BLR
Bronze
3 Manev
Mladen
BUL
Bronze
Light Heavyweight 81kg Last name
First name
Heavyweight 91kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Beterbiev
Artur
RUS
Gold
1 Mekhontsev
Egor
RUS
Gold
2 Bouhenia
Abdelkader
FRA
Silver
2 Pulev
Tervel
BUL
Silver
3 Khachatryan
Artur
ARM
Bronze
3 Poyatsyka
Denis
UKR
Bronze
3 Egan
Kenneth
IRL
Bronze
3 Darmos
Jozsef
HUN
Bronze
Super heavyweight +91kg Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Kuzmin
Sergey
RUS
Gold
2 Zuyev
Viktar
BLR
Silver
3 Abedelgani
Yosef
ISR
Bronze
3 Kapitonenko
Roman
UKR
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AFBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
AFBC Confederation WOMEN’s AND YOUTH Championships Cameroon Hosted Double Championships in Yaounde The AFBC Confederation Women’s and Youth Men’s Boxing Championships, which were held in Cameroon’s capital city Yaounde from March 23rd to March 28th, took place in a good effort to organize more continental events and tournaments to increase the quality of the confederations boxers. Eight nations joined their host country for these championships, including Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and Togo. More than 20 women boxers competed in the championships in Yaounde and more than 50 youth men boxers born in 1992 and 1993 participated as well. The women boxers competed in seven different weight classes: 48kg, 51kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg and 75kg. The event was the first large-scale African women’s competition since the IOC’s decision in favor of including women’s boxing in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Host nation Cameroon claimed six gold medals at the championships with three in the women’s event and three in the youth men’s. Overall, Cameroon won the team event. Just behind the local squad was Tunisia with three gold medals, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria with two first places each and the Congo who claimed one gold medal.
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The female winners were: Christine Akoa Bengono of Cameroon, Rosette Esotia Ndongala of DR of Congo, Nezha Boumaraf of Algeria, Jouini Rim of Tunisia, local boxers Jeannine Mballa and Annick Azengue and Wided Younsi of Tunisia. The youth men gold medalists from 48kg to 81kg were: Mohammed Hamout of Morocco, Bilel M’Hamdi of Tunisia, Kenzi Koceila of Algeria, two Egyptians Abdelaal Mahmoud and Walid Sedik Mohamed, Cyriaque Foumbout of Cameroon, Omar Zerzour of Morocco, Salif Ndam Njikam and Ulrich Yombo both from the host nation. One of the best African youth boxers is flyweight Hesham Mahmoud Abdelaal of Egypt. Although he did not reach the finals in Yaounde, he went on to acquire a valuable bronze medal at the AIBA Youth World Championships in May, therefore qualifying himself as the first African boxer for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Most of the youth boxers took part in the AIBA Youth World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan and the event in Cameroon proved to be good preparation for the young African boxers for the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games and for the 2011 All-African Games.
AFBC Confederation CHAMPIONSHIPS
FINAL RESULTS LIGHT Flyweight 48kg Last name
First name
Flyweight 51kg Country Medal
Last name
1 Hamout
Mohammed
MAR
Gold
1 M'Ahamdi
2 Boughanmi
Bilel
TUN
Silver
2 Lakhal
3 Abdelhadi
Mourad
ALG
Bronze
3 Moumi
3 Kadima
CĂŠdric
CGO
Bronze
3 Yehya
Bantamweight 54kg Last name 1 Koceila
First name
Country Medal
Kenzi
ALG
Last name
Gold
1 Mahmoud
2 Tiuememi
Patrick
CMR
Silver
2 Zemmouri
J
CAF
Bronze
3 Elbarbari
3 Jabir
Amine
MAR
Bronze
3 Bakouche
Lightweight 60kg First name
Country Medal
Bilel Yassine Sangue M
TUN
Gold
MAR
Silver
CMR
Bronze
EGY
Bronze
Featherweight 57kg
3 Ngarassa
Last name
First name
First name
Country Medal
Abdelaal Abderaouf Hamza Chaouki
EGY
Gold
ALG
Silver
MAR
Bronze
TUN
Bronze
Light Welterweight 64kg Country Medal
Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Mohamed
Walid
EGY
Gold
1 Foumbout
Cyriaque
CMR
Gold
2 Maouche
Yaakoub
ALG
Silver
2 Mohamed
Rabii
MAR
Silver
3 Issa
Ali
CMR
Bronze
3 Khelif
Hilal
ALG
Bronze
3 Sabouna
J
TOG
Bronze
3 Feddi
W
TUN
Bronze
Welterweight 69kg Last name 1 Zerzour
Middleweight 75kg
First name
Country Medal
Omar
MAR
Gold
Last name 1 Salif
First name
Country Medal
Njikam
CMR
Gold
2 Marzoug
Thamer
TUN
Silver
2 Kankolongo
Amonika
CGO
Silver
3 Abbadi
Illyas
ALG
Bronze
3 Isker
Abdelkrim
ALG
Bronze
3 Soh
Fonkou
CMR
Bronze
Light Heavyweight 81kg Last name
First name
Country Medal
1 Yombo
Ulrich
CMR
Gold
2 Sahnoun
S
ALG
Silver
3 Ahmed
A
EGY
Bronze
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AIBA World Rankings
AIBA World Rankings Update Introduced in August 2009, the AIBA World Rankings have been updated several times to reflect the changing arena of power and strength among the boxing athletes. The following rankings were updated in May after the AIBA Youth World Championships took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. The next rankings will be announced in midAugust on completion of the three major continental events in Europe, America and Oceania.
The Women’s World Rankings will be compiled after this year’s edition of the AIBA Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown, Barbados. Set out below are the current standings. For the more detailed rankings, go to www.aiba.org. LIGHT Flyweight 48kg Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
1
Purevdorj
Serdamba
MGL
ASIA
2062.5
2
Zou
Shiming
CHN
ASIA
1575
3
Danielyan
Hovhannes
ARM
EUROPE
1475
Flyweight 51kg
Bantamweight 54kg
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
1
Hernandez
Yampier
CUB
AMERICA 2087.5
1
Leon A.
Yankiel
CUB
AMERICA 2275
2
Mcwilliams
Arroyo
PUR
AMERICA 1812.5
2
Dalakliev
Detelin
BUL
EUROPE
1950
3
Laffita
Andry
CUB
AMERICA 1775
3
Julie
Louis R. B.
MRI
AFRICA
1475
Featherweight 57kg
Lightweight 60kg
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
1
Lomachenko
Vasyl
UKR
EUROPE
3375
1
Torriente
Idel
CUB
AMERICA 2037.5
2
Valdez
Oscar Rafael MEX
AMERICA 1725
2
Valentino
Domenico
ITA
EUROPE
3
Sultonov
Bahodirjon
ASIA
3
Ugas H.
Yordenis
CUB
AMERICA 1562.5
UZB
1612.5
Light Welterweight 64kg
1675
Welterweight 69kg
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
1
Iglesias S.
Roniel
CUB
AMERICA 2962.5
1
Sapiyev
Serik
KAZ
ASIA
2462.5
2
Kate
Gyula
HUN
EUROPE
1650
2
Culcay-Keth
Jack
GER
EUROPE
2050
3
Uranchimeg
Munkh-E.
MGL
ASIA
1450
3
Banteur S.
Carlos
CUB
AMERICA 1875
Middleweight 75kg
Light Heavyweight 81kg
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
1
Vijender
-
IND
ASIA
1
Rasulov
Elshod
UZB
ASIA
2134.38
2
Correa B.
Emilio
CUB
AMERICA 1875
2
Beterbiev
Artur
RUS
EUROPE
1675
3
Atoev
Abbos
UZB
ASIA
3
Benchabla
Abdelhafid
ALG
AFRICA
1650
2137.5 1650
Heavyweight 91kg
Super heavyweight +91kg
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
Rank
Last name
First name
Country
Continent Points
1
Acosta D.
Osmai
CUB
AMERICA 2600
1
Cammarelle
Roberto
ITA
EUROPE
2775
2
Usyk
Oleksandr
UKR
EUROPE
2034.38
2
Zhang
Zhilei
CHN
ASIA
2450
3
Mekhontsev
Egor
RUS
EUROPE
2000
3
Pulev
Kubrat
BUL
EUROPE
1775
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WORLD SERIES OF BOXING
WSB Ready for take-off! Preparations for the new World Series of Boxing gathered momentum in the first half of this year, as the number of boxers committing to the tournament soared and the 12 franchise teams were finalized. At the start of the year, the first franchise conference was held with the Asian franchise teams during the AIBA Executive Committee meeting in Xiamen, China. Underlining the importance that AIBA attaches to promoting the World Series of Boxing, an agreement was signed with the renowned global public relations agency Weber Shandwick to develop and implement a comprehensive public relations and promotional plan that runs from March this year through to the finals in May next year. The news that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had confirmed that the WSB’s anti-doping rules were in line with the WADA code was further proof that the WSB is clearly
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distanced not only from other forms of professional boxing but also sets the standards for global sports events, since it is unusual for a professional sports body to have such comprehensive and WADA-compliant anti-doping rules. A test event in Baku shortly before the AIBA Youth World Championships gave a first glimpse of the excitement that boxing fans will experience from November this year, as the new rules and match format of the competition were put to the test. Despite the challenges caused by the widespread air travel disruption in Europe in April causing the start of both the WSB test event and the AIBA Youth World Championships to be postponed, the test event itself was hailed as a success. The five-round format obliged the boxers to come out on the offensive from the start, which offers intense bouts for the fans. The Blue team, featuring some of the best boxers from Europe, triumphed that night, winning four of the five bouts.
WORLD SERIES OF BOXING
Less than a week after the test event, while AIBA President Ching-Kuo Wu was still in Baku, an agreement was reached to stage the WSB team and individual finals in Macau, China. In addition to securing the right to host the finals, China Television & Property Holdings (CTP) also acquired the Media Broadcast Rights in a separate agreement in relation to the World Series of Boxing for broadcast and distribution within the Peoples’ Republic of China, Macau and Hong Kong for the next five years. According to Dr Wu, the deal secures the long-term future of the World Series of Boxing.
is an initiative of AIBA, boxers competing in the WSB will also remain eligible to participate in the Olympic Games. The tournament received a further boost to its credibility in May, when the International Olympic Committee confirmed the Olympic Qualification Guidelines for the London 2012 Olympic Games, which award the Individual WSB Champions a quota place for London. Because of the difference in weight categories between AIBA and the WSB, the athletes will simply have to confirm which weight category they wish to participate in.
“We will endeavor to bring to the world from the cosmopolitan City of Macau a Championships Final Series that is synonymous with the high standard of Boxing and Integrity that is associated with the new World Series of Boxing competition,” said CTP Managing Director – International, Mark H. Newham.
A total of 175 boxers had signed participation agreements for the WSB at the time of going to press that commit them to the tournament if they are selected by one of the teams. This means that there is a good supply of top-quality boxers available to the 12 franchisees in addition to their national boxers.
The World Series of Boxing offers boxers a chance to continue their career in a secure competition environment and with a guaranteed salary. Because the tournament
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AIBA CALENDAR AIBA Boxing Calendar 2010-2013 2010 JANUARY
2011
AIBA Executive Committee Meeting Xiamen/CHN, 28-30
2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
FEBRUARY
Olympic Qualifying Tournament
MARCH
Olympic Qualifying Tournament
APRIL
Youth World Championships Baku/AZE, 20-5/2
MAY
2013
Olympic Qualifying Tournament Women's Youth and Junior World Championships (TBC)
Women's World Championships
Women's Youth and Junior World Championships (TBC)
Junior World Championships, 22-31 Astana/KZH
Olympic Games, London/GBR, 27-8/18
Junior World Championships (TBC)
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
Youth Olympic Games, Singapore/SIN, 14-26 • Marital Arts and Combat Sports Games, Beijing/CHN, 28-9/4
Women’s World Championships, Bridgetown/BAR, 7-19
Commonwealth Games, Delhi/IND, 3-14 • World University Boxing Championships, Ulaanbaatar/MGL, 4-10
Olympic Games, London/GBR, 27-8/18
World Championships, Busan/KOR, 16-10/1 • Commonwealth Youth Games, Isle of Man, 7-13
Youth World Championships, 13-23
World Championships (TBC)
Panamerican Games, Guadalajara/MEX, 1330 (TBC)
Asian Games, Guangzhou/CHN, 12-27
President’s Cup, 2-11
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President’s Cup (TBC)