Poland hosts AIBA YWCHs under the motto Protect yourself and others at all times 03/09/21
Poland is getting closer to the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships, which take place in the city of Kielce on April 10-24. The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has been working for several months to make the competition happen on time with all necessary safety measures.
AIBA delegation had a site visit to Kielce at the first week of March. The delegation inspected the venue, which meets all the standards to host the tournament, as well as checked hotels and logistics.
‘The advancement of organization work will allow the AIBA Youth Men s & Women s World Boxing Championships in Kielce to be held at a high level,’ the LOC Managing Director Roman Slagiowski said.
The undisputed world champion in two different weight classes needs a major bag to lose more weight.
Claressa Shields likes her curves and to risk losing them by dropping weight to fight Katie Taylor at 147 pounds, she d need to see a whole lot of money. Katie is a great fighter, Shields continued. They gotta pay me a lot of money for me to lose my butt to go down to 147. At the end of the day, I m a woman and that s something I love about my body I might not have no big breasts, but I have a nice butt.
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Published March 4, 2021, 4:57 PM
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The Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC) punches a powerful National Women’s Month celebration featuring winning lady pugs Irish Magno, Aira Villegas, Josie Gabuco, and Riza Pasuit with their mothers in the upcoming March 6 episode of Rise Up! Shape Up.
First Filipina Tokyo Olympics qualifier Irish Magno leads the special episode sharing her journey to success, from winning the gold medal in 2012 at the Taipei Open, the silver medal in the women’s flyweight division in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, and targeting a podium finish in the Games with her mother’s support.
Villegas, a 2019 Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist, first-ever AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships titleholder Gabuco, and 2019 Southeast Asian Games silver medalist Pasuit also share their relationships with their mothers as one of their sources of strength.
Saturday, 27 February 2021
The President of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Francesco Ricci Bitti has used a speech during today’s International Boxing Association (AIBA) European continental forum, to urge AIBA to engage constructively with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Ricci Bitti was speaking during the third of AIBA’s virtual continental forums of 2021, with this latest edition designed for European National Federations.
More than 40 European federations participated in the event, with Ricci Bitti, who is currently serving a third four-year term as ASOIF President, using the speech to encourage AIBA to continue working positively alongside the IOC.