AIBA President Ching Kuo Wu was elected on the 6th of November 2006 during the AIBA Congress held in Santo Domingo with high hopes of reforming AIBA into a transparent, trustable and professionally operated governing body. From the onset of his Presidency Dr. Wu called for a complete reform and overhaul of the AIBA organization. In less than three years AIBA has not only modernized the sport of boxing but has made it sustainable through the introduction of the World Series of Boxing (WSB) a professional boxing league which allows  boxers to turn pro under the AIBA umbrella without losing their Olympic status.

The last three years has also seen new and innovative ideas being introduced such as the pre competition training camp in preparation of the Milan World Boxing Championships for small and emerging countries in the world of Olympic Boxing and the successful introduction of women's boxing in the Olympic Games for London 2012.

Since 2006 AIBA under President Wu has truly ushered in a new era of boxing and AIBA has become a respected and model organization where efficiency, honesty and equality are ever present.

Here are some of the main highlights from November 2006.

December 2006: Norwegian IOC member Mr. Heiberg, who is also the chairman of the IOC Marketing Commission, was appointed by AIBA President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu to head up the reform project, which is driving AIBA and the sport of boxing into a new era.

February 8, 2007: AIBA President Ching-Kuo Wu unveiled an innovative 11-strong Reform Committee on Thursday, which was approved by the Executive Committee, further cementing the commitment of the new AIBA to give the sport of boxing an inventive and fresh image as the 2007 Executive Committee meeting opened in Taipei, Taiwan.

June 2007: The reform project, was fully endorsed by the AIBA Executive Committee at its two-day meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, covering all areas of the sport of boxing with the ultimate aim to strengthen the sport within the Olympic movement and further develop it for the benefit of all of its participants.

July 2007: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Committee took further impressive steps to reform the sport of boxing at its Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting at the Beijing Grand Millennium Hotel on Monday by approving many key proposals including the selection of the 1st AIBA Boxing Academy, the host of the 2009 Junior World Championships and                                                      approving new Competition and Technical rules.

The key decision of the meeting saw the Canadian city of Bécancour, in the province of Québec, and Moscow, Russia both selected to host AIBA's new innovative Boxing Academy.

The AIBA Boxing Academy will comprise of a centre of excellence offering the best integrated educational and physical training programs in order to lead the development of boxing around the world. Areas of focus within the boxing family include athletes, coaches, referees and judges, ringside physicians, sport managers and administrators.

Headlines of 2007:

December 12, 2007 - AIBA President delighted with IOC's continued recognition of AIBA reform project

November  23, 2007 - Olympic Games boxing preparation well on track - AIBA President

November 23, 2007 - Historic moment for AIBA President with Olympic Museum

November 19, 2007 - AIBA Chief pleased with early evaluation of set up for the Olympics

November 03, 2007 - AIBA President elated with Chicago World Championships

November 01, 2007 - AIBA President lauds Chicago World Championships

October 17, 2007 - AIBA President meets with Chicago Mayor

October 14, 2007 - AIBA President completes successful visit to Moscow

September 04, 2007 - Golden Belt visit to Romania

August 31, 2007 - 2007 AIBA Cadet World Championships

August 05, 2007 - Third Xinjiang International Boxing Tournament

July 19, 2007 - Meeting with the Americas

July 16, 2007 - Historic visit by AIBA President to the Caribbean

July 04, 2007 - 2007 Asian Continental Championships, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

April 05, 2007 - President delivers key address at Kings Cup

February 01, 2007 - Boxing receives warm welcome at CISA

January 31, 2007 - Senegal hosts ground-breaking meeting with President Wu

January 30, 2007 - President Wu creates history in Senegal

January 19, 2007 - President Wu's participated in 1st African Sports Convention

December 12, 2007: The President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu expressed his great pleasure on Wednesday on receiving the news of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board's decision to release the totality of the money initially frozen by the IOC, in recognition of the reforms adopted by AIBA to improve its judging system.

"This is fantastic recognition of the AIBA Reform project and the progress AIBA has made in the last 12 months," Dr. Wu said. "However, this is one step in many AIBA has to take. We still have a lot of work to do and a bright future ahead of us. We will use the successful AIBA World Championships Chicago 2007 as a spring board to go forward and take boxing to a level which the entire boxing community can be proud of."

Headlines 2008

AIBA's reform process continued through 2008 in a year which featured nine qualifying events for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the AIBA Women's World Championships, the AIBA Youth World Championships and the AIBA World Cup.

AIBA President and IOC Member Dr Ching-Kuo Wu selected in the IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2016 Olympic Games.

2008 Headlines

December 16, 2008 - AIBA President pays tribute to BFR

October 23, 2008 - AIBA President completes productive visit to Cuba

September 19, 2008 - AIBA President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu member of IOC 2016 Evaluation Commission.

September 19, 2008 - AIBA President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu Honoris Causa in Philosophy

August 11, 2008 - President visits Samoan Boxer

August 08, 2008 - AIBA President presents Archery medals

June 01, 2008 - Dr. Wu acknowledges success of 1st AIBA Presidents Cup

May 28, 2008 - Historic visit for AIBA President.

May 12, 2008 - AIBA President, Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu awarded Honorary Award

January 18, 2008 - AIBA President welcomes BFR President

Historic visit for AIBA President           28.05.2008

The President of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and IOC Member Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu joined the delegation of Kuomintang (KMT), the leading political party in Taiwan, for a historical visit to China and a meeting with the PRC President Hu Jintao on Wednesday and Thursday.

The delegation also visited the Olympic venues in Beijing on Thursday. The Chairman of KMT, Mr. Wu Poh-Hsiung, ensured that the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee will participate in the Beijing Olympic Games and fully support the Olympic Movement.

At the meeting with President Hu Jintao, one of the key issues discussed was the launch of direct flights on weekends between Taiwan and China in order to attract more tourists from Mainland China.

Photos: AIBA President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu and Kuomingtang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (left) at the National Stadium Beijing.

Headlines 2009

AIBA World Championships will be held in Milan September 2009

July 13, 2009 - AIBA President meets with Indonesian Boxing Federation

June 12, 2009 - Final day of Federation visits to AIBA Headquarters

June 11, 2009 - President Wu meets with IOC President

June 11, 2009 - AIBA Headquarters Federation visits - Day Four

June 10, 2009 - AIBA Headquarters Federation visits - Day Three

June 09, 2009 - AIBA Headquarters Federation visits - Day Two

June 08, 2009 - Week of Federation meetings at AIBA Headquarters get underway

May 29, 2009 - President Wu honored by IOC President

March 04, 2009 - AIBA President welcomes new President of ABAP

August: 13 2009: AIBA announces the inclusion of women's boxing at the London 2012 Olympics

AIBA, the International Boxing Association, is proudly welcomes women into the world of Olympic boxing following today's historic decision by the International Olympic Committee.