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Maltese Boxing News: An Embattled MBF
March 25th, 2011 | 
Author: By Alexander Zammit
March 25 - 2011
The Malta Boxing Federation, (MBF) will be holding the Preliminaries for the Malta National Boxing Championships on the 8th of April, 2011 at the Topaz Hotel, Qawra.
This is the second time around that the local federation is organizing these championships. However for this second edition the MBF will most probably not have the backing or the sanctioning of the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
The embattled local boxing federation suffered a catastrophic set back from an all time high between 2008 to mid 2010, when on November 1, 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, during the AIBA congress, the delegates refused to rectify and recognize the Maltese Boxing Federation and Marc James the Maltese representative was asked to leave the congress hall.
Although to date no official statement has ever been issued either by the AIBA or the local federation about what actually happened at Almaty and Malta’s subsequent humiliation in front of the world’s delegates representing Olympic Boxing - It is a well know fact that when the Secretary General departed Malta for Almaty a few days before the start of the AIBA congress as a guest of the AIBA, the MBF had already been assured that the motion regarding the Maltese application for ratification and full membership in the world’s only governing body for Olympic Boxing would be carried through.
Although details are not clear and information is still not forthcoming, it is also a well know fact in local circles that Marc James, in fiery speeches during local MBF meetings in the weeks preceding the congress came out in open and full support of Paul King the former English Boxing Association’s CEO, who was challenging the incumbent and immensely popular AIBA President, Dr. Ching Kuo Wu for the AIBA presidency, in the English media with statements and allegations of mismanagement. Sources close to the local federation reported the MBF Secretary (M. James) as saying; that when Paul King came to power, Malta would have many advantages, including being able to organize mixed tournaments of Professional and Amateur boxing.
Unfortunately for the Maltese but most fortunate for the boxing world Paul King, did not even manage to garner the minimum of twenty nominations required to entre the leadership race from almost 200 member nations. The battle then moved to the Swiss courts were along with twelve other nations the English CEO failed to stop the AIBA congress from going ahead. Dr. WU was re-elected un-opposed with the largest ever majority in the history of the AIBA.
In more recent developments Paul King resigned from his position as CEO of the ABAE and shortly afterwards the Maltese Secretary General, Marc James, who was a member of the Maltese and English boxing associations also resigned for the ABAE. The Maltese resignation was followed by the removal of claims and connections to the AIBA by the MBF on their face book page.
These forthcoming Maltese championships, if one is to go by the poster being circulated on line are being organized or sponsored for the MBF by a company called MJD which is owned by Marc James himself and under the affiliation of the Maltese Olympic Committee. According to information from sources within the local federation these bouts will not be held on a 3×3 minute bases but on a 2×2 minute frame.
At Malta Boxing News we most sincerely argue and wish the MBF the very best in resolving their problems with the international boxing community so that Malta, may once again see its youths competing at the very highest level within the Olympic fold.
Poster 1: Malta Boxing Federation as published on the MBF Facebook page.
Poster 2: A personal poster of Clayton Vella, one of the event participants.
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The Malta Boxing Federation will be organising the Second Edition of “The Championship Warm Up bouts”.
Tickets which are priced at 10euro each, can be bought from any affiliated Club, Booked for collection (at the door on the
night of the Event) on 7725 6938 or bought on night at the door.
“Malta Boxing Federation” Championship Warm Up Bouts II
The Malta Boxing Federation will be organising the Second Edition of “The Championship Warm Up bouts”.
18th February - Location: Topaz Hotel
Tickets which are priced at 10euro each, can be bought from any affiliated Club, Booked for collection (at the door on the night of the Event) on 7725 6938 or bought on night at the door.
