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 […]

After two days of top-class World Championship boxing, Saturday’s first-session line up of light flyweight and flyweight preliminary bouts promised another dose of unmissable action in Astana. With big names […]

  British Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams and reigning World Champion Marlen Esparza took advantage of a break in the Astana action to speak directly to AIBA’s social media followers […]

Friday’s afternoon session at the 2016 Women’s World Championships offered a feast of different styles across the bantamweight, featherweight and light welterweight classes. There were big wins for China’s Meiling […]

Following a brilliant first day of flyweight and lightweight action, the bantamweight preliminaries got Day Two underway at the 2016 AIBA Women’s World Championships in Astana on Friday afternoon. In […]

During the AIBA 2016 Women’s World Championships, the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation Annual Conference took place today in Astana in the presence of  AIBA Executive Director, Karim Bouzidi. Mr Timur Kulibayev, […]