Reigning flyweight (51 kg) World Champion Marlen Esparza continued her sparkling form at light flyweight (45-48 kg) with a crucial win against tricky Mongolian Altantsetseg Lutsaikhan, and faces China’s Yuyan Wang […]

As the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Championships reach the Quarter-Final stages, for the three Olympic classes of flyweight, lightweight and middleweight, Tuesday evening’s bouts will assume a huge added significance. […]

A strong Monday afternoon session at the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Championships for the North American teams, and an impressive performance by the Philippine’s 2012 World Champion Josie Gabuco, helped […]

  Two important events have formed part of the HeadsUp educational programme during the Women’s World Championships in Astana, with AIBA and the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation hosting a valuable WADA […]

Light flyweight top-seed Marlen Esparza began her quest for a second world title with a win over Korean Chorong Bak. Esparza, who moved down a weight for the championships, will […]

It was a successful Sunday afternoon session in Astana’s Barys Arena for the Chinese, Russian and American teams as they registered three wins out of three at bantamweight, welterweight and […]

Sunday afternoon at the Barys Arena in Astana saw the bantamweight, welterweight and light heavyweight boxers take to the ring, vying for a place in the 2016 AIBA World Championship […]

Saturday’s afternoon session saw the talented young German flyweight Azize Nimani put in a huge performance to beat India’s five-time World Champion MC Mary Kom in the biggest surprise of […]

The three-time Olympic champion and member of the IOC Women’s Commission Irena Szewinska and former polo international and IOC member Syed Sahid Ali are in Astana this week, lending their […]