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By Michael O’Neill

13.05.2012

7th AIBA Women’s World Championships

Report: Day 3

Today saw the first appearance  of  ‘ Magnificent Mary’ , at flyweight, at the 7^th AIBA World Boxing Championships in Qinhuangdao as Indian ‘living legend’ and five times AIBA World Champion  Chungneijang Mary Kom  Hmangte came face to face with Japan’s Asian championships bronze medallist ,Ayako Minowa.

In truth it was a one sided encounter  since Mary won their bout as easily as the 20:9 judges verdict suggests.  She now meets Norway’s European Championships quarter-finalist 22-year-old Marielle Hansen.  Marielle is ‘one for the future’ but it will be a major shock if she defeats  Mary Kom.

The United States maintained their 100 percent record  when US National Olympic Trials winner and AIBA Women’s World Championships bronze medallist Marlen Esparza defeated Argentina’s multiple Pan-American Champion Pamela  Paola  Benavides 20:10 . Next up for Esparza , is Vietnam’s 19-year-old Luu Thi Duyen .

The no. 1 seed was also in action Sunday when two-time AIBA World Champion and Asian Games titleholder, Ren Cancan from China  scored an impressive  16 : 4 win in front of her home fans  as  she eliminated Hungary’s EU Championships silver medallist Katalin Ancsin ,also at flyweight.

For Russia,  Elena Savelyeva  was another who  won with something to spare when she met and defeated Chinese Taipei’s Pin Meng Chieh. As the bell tolled at end of round two Savelyeva led by 12:7 and she continued to dominate to the end against a gallant but overwhelmed Asian rival, 19:8 being the declared score.

Victory  also for Ireland’s Ceire Smith, who boxes out of the Cavan BC under trainer Brian McKeown. This was the 20 years old‘s second win in two days as she overcame Jamaica’s Sarah-Joy  Rae 12:4. In the Irish corner today were Peter Taylor – coach and father of Katie – and Zuar Antia and certainly Ceire carried out their instructions to the letter.

The number two seed in this weight division is Great Britain’s Nicola Adams and she too had an impressive second victory of the tournament overcoming Bulgaria’s Yana Levankova 19:7. Adams again demonstrated why she is one of the favourites  for the title and now meets Venezuela’s Pan-American Champion Karla Magliocco in the last 16.

Astana International Tournament winner Azize Nimani  was born in Kosovo but is fighting for Germany in the Olympic flyweight class. The 21-year-old  won each of her contests until the 2010 AIBA Women’s World Championships in Bridgetown where she lost her first ever bout. Nimani continued her excellent winning series in Qinhuangdao as well where she turned back the fight against a favourite, Finland’s AIBA World Championships bronze medallist experienced Hanne Maekinen.

European Championships silver medallist Sarah Ourahmoune is a member of the French national squad since 2001 and these experiences resulted to her a victory over Ukraine’s former European Champion Tatyana Kob. The 30-year-old French boxer dominated the fight and advanced to the last 16 eliminating her seeded opponent.

Bulgaria’s European Championships bronze medallist and EU Champion Stoyka Petrova is on the right way to the London Olympic Games. She has eliminated a strong Asian rival, Thailand’s Peamwilai Laopeam in the first round and following that success, Petrova triumphed over Italy’s best hope, Valeria Calabrese in the next round.

France’s EU Championships silver medallist 25-year-old Delphine Mancini who is member of the national team since 2005, shocked the Turkish ringside and fans in Qinhuangdao. The French bantamweight boxer controlled her opening fight against Turkey’s European Championships bronze medallist strong Ayse Tas and had six points advantage before the final gong. The Istanbul-based Turkish boxer tried to turn back the fight and made an incredible last round but her efforts were not enough to win the bout therefore Mancini eliminated the Seed No.1.

Poland’s European Championships silver medallist Sandra Drabik could not secure her place in the Olympic flyweight class therefore she has decided to move up into the bantamweight division. The powerful Polish boxer did not give too many chances to Afghanistan’s Dushanbe International Tournament silver medallist Sadaf Rahimi and the referee stopped their unequal contest very quickly.

In the light flyweight division China’s President’s Cup winner 20-year-old Xu Shiqi who replaced Luo Yujie just before the tournament, started her competition and saved the host nation’s perfect balance. The young Chinese boxer outpointed Sweden’s Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament silver medallist Elin Roennlund in the first round and finally she could celebrate her advance winning the bout by 12:5. Xu Shiqi’s next opponent will be Wales’ European Championships silver medallist Lynsey Holdaway who was seeded as No.1.

Romania’s European Championships silver medallist Lidia Ion moved down into the light flyweight class following her loss at the National Cup in the Olympic 51kg. The experienced boxer had to use up all of her skills to beat Tajikistan’s 22-year-old Matluba Karimova who had less international contests in her career.

Poland’s former European Youth Champion 20-year-old Magdalena Stelmach’s skills and boxing knowledge extremely developed in the last one year therefore her great show against Venezuela’s Nurys Silvera was not a surprise. The referee stopped the contest in the third round when Stelmach led by 15:3 against her South American opponent.

Russia’s former European Youth Champion 22-year-old Daria Abramova secured the right at the very first time to represent her strong nation in Qinhuangdao. Her first rival was France’s European Championships quarter-finalist Laetitia Chevalier but the Russian boxer won their contest in the easier way than expected before the bout.

Netherlands’ current European Champion veteran Marichelle De Jong who was seeded as welterweight No.1 in Qinhuangdao, defeated the second Indian boxer in the competition. Her Asian opponent, National Games winner Neetu Chahal led by 2:1 after two minutes but De Jong stepped up to the gas and her efforts were enough to beat the Indian fighter. The Dutch boxer became the first in the event in China who could secure her place in the quarter-final stage of the championships.

US National Champion Raquel Miller,who began boxing only in 2010, fought for the last eight against Canada’s current Pan-American Champion Myriam Da Silva at the welterweight class. They met each other at the AMBC’s Continental Championships in Cornwall in March where the Canadian boxer won their narrow contest with one point difference. In Qinhuangdao the US competitor was able to strike back to her opponent and advanced to the quarter-final winning the equal bout by accepted scores.

China’s current Asian Champion 19-year-old Wang Dongmei finalized the perfect day for the host nation following her easy success over Sri Lanka’s Asian Championships bronze medallist Dapana Durage Shiromali Weerarathna. Wang’s next opponent in the quarter-final will be Russia’s former European Champion Irina Poteyeva who eliminated Wales’ 18-year-old Lauren Price in a narrow battle”

Monday sees the much looked forward to  ‘battle royal’ between Claressa Shields (USA) and Great Britain’s Savannah Marshall whilst Ireland’s Katie Taylor begins the defence of her 60kg lightweight crown against Tunisia’s Rim Juini, a bronze medallist in the 57kg class in Barbados 2010. A great day’s boxing in store then Monday – and indeed for the rest of the week.

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By Michael O’Neill

Friday 11-05-2012

7th Women’s World Boxing Championship – and only Olympic qualifier

The 7th edition of the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships got under way  at the Qinhuangdao Olympic Stadium ,  in Qinhuangdao, China Friday  where some 343 contestants from 77 are scheduled to take part,  a new record  for the event .  In three weight categories, Flyweight  51kg, Lightweight  60kg,  and Middleweight 75kg, there is even more than the world title at stake since the top eight  in each, automatically qualify for a place in the  30^th Olympiad in London later this Summer .

Host nation, China has entered all ten weight divisions, so too  Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Hungary,  Turkey and Ukraine, while the United States, Canada, France, Romania  and Kenya  all send nine representatives each.  Vietnam  and Australia supply eight whilst seven each from  Germany, Poland, Serbia, DPR Korea  and Venezuela have entered  this qualification event .

That women’s boxing continues to attract new nations can be seen from fact that for the first time Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, DR Congo, Honduras, Jamaica, Nigeria, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Uzbekistan have entered at least one boxer .

Sadly still no entry from Cuba or Saudi Arabia to name but two who have yet to embrace the sport.

On Friday, the AIBA announced the seeds for the various weight categories so let us look at those  in the three Olympic weights.

Firstly at 51kg  (55 participating)  :  1.Cancan Ren, China    2. Nicola Adams,England   3.Elena Savelyeva ,Russia  4.Karolina Michalczuk, Poland  5. Tetyana Kob, Ukraine ,  6.Steluta Duta, Romania   7.Mery Kom Hmangte, India    8.Marlen Esparza,  USA

Next  to 60kg : (58 entries) :   1. Katie Taylor, Ireland   2. Gulsum Tatar, Turkey      3.Cheng Dong,China   4.Tassamalee Thongjan, Thailand    5.Karolina Graczyk, Poland   , 6.Adriana dos Santos, Brazil    7.Quanitta Underwood USA,   8.Denitsa  Eliseeva , Bulgaria

Finally to 75kg: (40 contestants):   1.Mary Spencer, Canada.  2.Nazezda Torlopova,Russia   3. Jinzi Li, China    4.Roseli Amaral Feitosa, Brazil   5.Liliya Durneyva, Ukraine  6.Savannah Marshall, England.  7.Nouchka Fontijn, Netherlands   8. Maria Kovacs, Hungary

Surprises?   Canada’s Mandy Bujold  misses out at 51kg but the real ‘shock omissions’ come in the  other two Olympic  categories. At 60kg, amazingly no place for Russia’s two times World champion  Sofya Ochigava nor for England’s Natasha Jonas , while at 75kg, U.S Olympic Trials winner, Claressa Shields misses out despite her recent convincing victory over Canada’s top ranked, Mary Spencer.  Whilst most experts predicted Spencer would be at no.1 – and deservedly so  -equally despite her inexperience, Shields was tipped for a top 4 seeding. Her first real test is expected to be against Hartlepool’s ‘silent assassin’ Savannah Marshall (representing England) on Monday evening. Marshall was a silver medallist in Barbados 2010 albeit at a lower weight.

To a large extent the absence of these ‘high profile’ fighters from the seedings serves but to demonstrate the current strength of women’s boxing  but anyone ‘writing off’ the chances of such as Ochigava, Jonas, Bujold or Shields does so at their peril.

Ireland’s Katie Taylor, seeking a fourth successive 60kg title has a first round bye – the draw was also made Friday – and on Monday meets either Tunisian, Rim Jouini or Portugal’s  Juliana Canedo da Rocha.   Second seed ,Turkey’s  Gulsum Tatar who has moved down to 60kg , also has a bye and this is followed  again  on Monday by a bout against Ayzanat Hajiyeva of Azerbaijan or India’s Asian titleholder Sarita Laishram Devi,  the type of bout that neither boxer would have wished for this early in the tournament.  Quanitta Underwood begins her quest for an Olympic place on Saturday (12^th) against Argentina’s  Dayana Sanchez . Arguably the biggest  surprise in the 60kg event, apart from Ochigava’s omission,  is the no 4 ranking of Thailand’s Tassamalee Thongjan, who normally competes at 57kg and was bronze medal winner at the last world championships in Barbados.

Five times champion Mery Kom Hmangte now competes in the 51kg classification though only ranked at no.7.  Most boxing fans will be willing her on to gain a place in London 2012 but she is in the same half of the draw as England’s Nikki Adams who has been in superb form of late. An interesting point here is that England and Wales have both entered teams in China whereas in the Olympics they (and Scotland) compete under the Great Britain flag.

A reminder that the AIBA announced that boxing would be separated into men and women events at its 13th congress held in Beijing in 1994. The first official international amateur tournament for women boxers was then held in 1997 with the inaugural AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships taking place four years later in Scranton, USA. After six successful editions, AIBA is now organising the first Olympic qualification tournament for women boxers in conjunction with the event in Qinhuangdao.

Following the International Olympic Committee’s decision in 2009 to include women’s boxing into the Olympic program, the sport has reached a new phase in its development with a huge increase in the number of participants worldwide.

We end, courtesy of  AIBA, with a review of the opening day in Qinhuangdao.

“The most anticipated AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Qinhuangdao 2012 started this Friday 11 May in China with 57kg and 69kg advancing to the Last 16.

On the opening contest of the worldwide event, India’s two-time National Champion Mandakini Chanu Kangabam did not give too many chances to Serbia’s Silesian Open Tournament silver medallist Bojana Ranic. The Indian boxer led by 10:3 after the first two minutes and finally the referee stopped their unequal fight in the third round.

Chinese Taipei’s former Asian Champion Chen Chia Ling returned to the world of boxing last year and regained her place in the national squad. She proved in her first contest that she is a top fighter in the featherweight class and overwhelmed Australia’s AIBA Junior World Championships quarter-finalist 17-year-old Skye Nicolson in Qinhuangdao.

Turkey’s four-time European Championships bronze medallist Nagehan Malkoc Gul fought against Bulgaria’s former European Youth Champion and EU Championships silver medallist 22-year-old Svetlana Kamenova Staneva in the first preliminary round. The taller  Bulgarian boxer opened with a 4:1 lead while the Turkish athlete did not find the best fighting distance therefore Staneva’s victory is not a surprise.

Hungary’s AIBA Junior World Championships bronze medallist Kornelia Kitti Nagy who celebrated her 17th birthday just before her first elite competition, had a brave attempt to beat Mexico’s Independence Cup silver medallist tough Cynthia Robles. The Central American boxer started better the bout and made a great last round when her teenager rival was too tired to turn the battle.

Japan’s multiple National Champion veteran Nana Yoshikawa won each of the rounds in her debut contest against Kenya’s best featherweight boxer Rebah Matanda. The final verdict of their bout was 22:10 to Yoshikawa who advanced to the last 16 in the AIBA Women’s World Championships and will now meet England’s European Championships silver medallist Lisa Whiteside who was seeded as No.3.

Canada’s Turkish Prime Ministry Tournament bronze medallist Melissa Guillemette led by 4:2 after the first tactical round against Denmark’s newly crowned Nordic Champion 22-year-old Sarah Mahfoud.  Guillemette showed excellent footwork in her first contest and that performance was enough to beat Mahfoud by 15:7.

Vietnam’s current AIBA Junior World Champion 16-year-old Vuong Thi Vy who is member of the ‘AIBA Road to London Program’ had an easy opening contest in Qinhuangdao. Vietnam’s best future hope proved that her present is also great and she increased her boxing knowledge in the UK in the  Winter. Her first rival was Croatia’s National Champion Annamarija Vujaklija who had no chance to beat her teenager opponent.

France’s 22-year-old Malva Hammadouche who had several victories in the international level last year, showed her great technique against Germany’s EU Championships bronze medallist Maike Klueners in the first preliminary round. The French boxer and her ringside found the winning tactic in the third round and eliminated her neighbouring rival by 29:18.

Russia’s European Championships bronze medallist Viktoriya Gurkovich outpointed her first opponent in Qinhuangdao, Slovakia’s only competitor in the event, 18-year-old Piroska Bodoki who has got only five contests in her career. The referee stopped their contest very quickly to save Bodoki’s health.

At the welterweight class India’s Asian Women’s Cup bronze medallist Neetu Chahal advanced to the last 16 after beating Hungary’s EU Champion 23-year-old Bianka Nagy who is member of the national team since 2006. The Indian boxer dominated during their contest and won the bout by a large margin of points.

Reigning US National Champion Raquel Miller who has been boxing since only 2010, also secured her place in the last 16 at the welterweight class following her success over New Zealand’s best future hope, Arafura Games winner 18-year-old Daena Stephenson. Miller’s next opponent will be Canada’s Panamerican Champion Myriam Da Silva in the next preliminary round.

So ends the first day in China with the  ‘big guns’  entering tomorrow when among those in action will be Quanitta Underwood against Argentinian rival  Dayana Sanchez at 60kg.

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By AIBA – 06.05.2012

The AIBA African Olympic Qualifying Event has just ended in Casablanca but the boxing world’s attention has already turned to Rio de Janeiro where the last regional event for men boxers has now started.

Canada’s newly crowned light flyweight National Champion 20-year-old Emilien Boucher opened the tournament against Barbados’ Ricardo Blackman who went down a weight class just before the event. Boucher had one point  deficit after the first round but equalized it in the second frame and turned back the battle in the last three minutes. Boucher’s next opponent will be Honduras’ teenager Bayron Molina in the last 16.

Mexico’s actually best boxer, AIBA World Championships bronze medallist and former AIBA Youth World Champion 21-year-old Oscar Rafael Valdez opened his competition in Rio de Janeiro where he is the too favourite of the bantamweight division. Valdez did not give too many chance to Venezuela’s teenager Jose Diaz and advanced to the last 16 where he will now meet Colombia’s tough Oscar Manuel Negrete.

Puerto Rico’s Panamerican Youth Champion Felix Verdejo who had to miss the AIBA World Boxing Championships last year, moved up into the lightweight class and made his debut in Rio against Chile’s South American Championships competitor Isaac Gutierrez. Verdejo dominated during the whole fight and won their unequal contest by 14:3. His next rival will be Guatemala’s Central American and Caribbean Games silver medallist Juan Reyes.

Saint Lucia’s Youth Olympian and ‘AIBA Road to Baku Program’ member 18-year-old Lyndel Marcellin had four points advantage against Guyana’s Bert Braithwaite when the Argentinean referee stopped their light welterweight contest due Marcellin’s serious punches. Saint Lucia’s pride whose nickname is ‘The Russian’ because of his excellent technique advanced to the second preliminary round where he will be facing with Peru’s Cesar Diaz.

USA’s World Combat Games silver medallist Jamel Herring who has got an extra motivation to show his power to his three young children, stopped Bolivia’s newcomer 17-year-old Juan Loayza when he had more than 15 points advantage. His next rival will be another teenager, Guatemala’s great future hope Lester Martinez who walked over to the last 16.

Venezuela’s biggest talent, Panamerican Games bronze medallist 18-year-old Yoelvis Hernandez used up his great technique against Panama’s Central American Games winner Cesar Rivas and won each of the rounds in his debuting contest. The Venezuelan boxer can expect harder fight in the next round against Nicaragua’s Julio Laguna who stopped Chile’s Daniel Munoz before the final gong.

Brazil’s first boxer who had to show his skills was two-time Olympian and Panamerican Champion Myke Carvalho Ribeiro at the welterweight division. The host nation’s veteran fighter who was seeded at the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku, eliminated Dominican Republic’s teenager Raul Sanchez by 17:9. In the next round Carvalho will now meet Cuba’s favourite but newcomer in the national top team, Grand Prix Usti nad Labem winner Arisnoide Despaigne and their battle will be one of the most anticipated fight in the third competition day.

The first Cuban boxer who had to fight in Rio de Janeiro was Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist Emilio Correa who has got gold medal expectations at the middleweight division. Correa was too strong for Colombia’s Leonard Carrillo therefore the Cuban star can prepare to his next step against Dominican Republic’s Junior Castillo.

Cayman Islands’ ‘AIBA Road to Baku Program’ member Dariel Ebanks’ boxing knowledge developed in the last month and that was enough to cause a huge surprise in the first competition day. His opponent Argentina’s Juan Basualdo started better and Ebanks had three points deficit after three minutes fight but he did not give up the battle and advanced to the last 16 winning the light heavyweight bout by accepted scores.

Colombia’s Beijing Olympian veteran Deivis Julio opened his route to the quota against Barbados’ best fighter, Central American and Caribbean Games silver medallist Anderson Emmanuel. Both fighters showed great performance during the contest and finally the tallest Colombian boxer could win their bout. His next opponent will be Canada’s multiple National Champion 32-year-old Samir El-Mais in the quarter-final.

AIBA World Championships quarter-finalist 23-year-old Michael Hunter is one of the most experienced competitor in the US national squad, he is member of the team since 2006 and tried to qualify unsuccessfully to the Beijing Games. Following that he has decided to continue his career among the amateurs and travelled to Rio de Janeiro to realize his chances and secure a quota. Hunter opened his competition against Saint Lucia’s UK based Creole Games winner Ryan Charles and made his first winning step to the quota, eliminated his tough rival by 14:5.

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The AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Event Rio de Janeiro 2012 starts this Saturday 5 May with athletes battling it out until 12 May for the 38 quota places for the London 2012 Olympic Games still up for grabs. Follow the action as it happens on www.aiba.org.

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By AIBA - 04-05-201

Highest Quality of Boxing Expected

The men’s last qualification event for the London 2012 Olympic Games in the American region begins tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the participants will be fighting for the 38 remaining quota places in the venue of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

177 of the best boxers from 33 nations will be competing at the Maracanazinho with Canada, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela all entered with the maximum number of ten boxers. Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Trinidad & Tobago have all sent nine athletes to Rio de Janeiro.

The best boxing nation on the continent, the Cuban squad will be travelling to the picturesque Brazilian city with three boxers, whose last chance it will to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly former AIBA World Champion Roniel Iglesias was not able to get the quota in Baku but he has more than a good chance of acquiring a top result in Rio. Cuba’s new Welterweight is Grand Prix Usti nad Labem Tournament winner Arisnoide Despaigne, who replaced Carlos Banteur, while the third team member is Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist Emilio Correa.

The host nation’s squad achieved three Olympic quota places at the AIBA World Boxing Championships Baku 2011 so they travel to Brazil with seven boxers. Two-time Olympian, Welterweight Myke Carvalho, Panamerican Champion veteran Juliao Neto, Beijing Olympian miniman Paulo Carvalho, World Military Games winner Robinelson De Jesus Vieira and WSB star Yamaguchi Florentino Falcao all have got great expectations in the front of the home crowd.

The United States also secured three Olympic quotas in Baku last year while their powerful team has got great chances to increase this number in Rio. The most experienced US boxer is AIBA World Boxing Championships quarter-finalist Michael Hunter, who will be the top favourite in the Heavyweight division. Multiple National Champion Jose Ramirez, World Military Championships silver medallist Jamel Herring and Marcus Browne are also involved with the team.

One of the continent’s developing nations, Ecuador, has not yet secured any quotas but should at least equal the three they got for the last Olympic Games. Their best boxer is Beijing Olympiam Carlos Gongora, who is a gold medal contender in the Light Heavyweight division. Panamerican Games winner, 18-year-old Italo Perea, former Panamerican Champion Julio Castillo and Continental Champion Carlos Quipo and Beijing Olympian Jose Luis Porozo are the best hopes for the country.

One of the youngest teams is Puerto Rico, their talented fighters could not attend the AIBA World Boxing Championships Baku 2011 so their only chance to get Olympic quotas is in Rio. 18-year-old Panamerican Games bronze medallist Jantony Ortiz, Youth Olympic Games winner Emmanuel Rodriguez, Panamerican Youth Champion Felix Verdejo and veteran Gerardo Bisbal are the best in this strong squad.

The Dominican Republic has also sent a strong nine-member squad where their best hope will be 19-year-old rising star Dagoberto Aguero, who has got lots of experience at international level in spite of his tender years. AIBA Youth World Championships quarter-finalist Wellington Arias, Juan Gabriel Medina and teenager Raul Sanchez are all great talents and could be soon showcasing their skills in London as well.

Mexico has got great traditions in boxing and they are expecting several quotas from their young squad. Panamerican Games winner Joselito Velasquez, AIBA World Championships bronze medallist Oscar Valdez, AIBA Youth World Champion Oscar Molina and WSB star Braulio Avila, who is member of the national squad since 2006, each have got realistic chances of reaching the all important Olympic quota places.

Argentina will send nine boxers, their Flyweight No.1 Fernando Martinez and AIBA Youth World Championships silver medallist Fabian Andres Maidana will both be missing from the event due to injuries. Argentina’s top Welterweight Brian Castano has returned to the national squad, Junior Leandro Zarate, Alberto Melian or WSB athlete Juan Jose Carrasco will also be seeking to make a real breakthrough at this event.

The Bahamas entered only two boxers for this qualification event but the quality in their team is very high. Panamerican Games silver medallist Valentino Knowles and Carl Heild were bronze medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and both boxers were involved to the AIBA Road to London Program.

The best Canadian hopes will be fighting from Lightweight up to the Light Heavyweight with Alejandro Rynn, Yves Ulysse, Custio Clayton, Brody Blair and Jonathan Savard all involved. The Venezuelan and the Colombian squad also have got excellent fighters and both nations have travelled to Rio with quota expectations.

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The International Boxing Association has just announced its new ‘Women’s World Ranking System’.

Being a historic year for Women’s boxing and with the discipline making its debut at the Olympic Games in London, AIBA stated it wanted to further promote the development of the sport by offering a points and performance based ranking system.

This very first ranking edition includes the results at the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Barbados 2010, the AIBA Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships Antalya 2011, the European Women’s Boxing Championships Rotterdam 2011, the 2012 American Women’s Championships and the 2012 Asian Women’s Championships.

“Launching the AIBA Women’s World Ranking makes me really proud. I have always been convinced that the future of our sport will be led by Women’s participation. Boxing is growing very fast and I cannot wait to witness the first women boxers competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games”, said Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, AIBA President.

At the upcoming AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships Qinhuangdao 2012, the AIBA Seeding Commission will review all current rankings and approved the seeding immediately after the General Weigh-in and before the Official Draw.

Click Link Below To View First Edition:

AIBA WOMEN’S RANKINGS

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