Boxing

Opponents to under-fire International Boxing Association (Aiba) president Ching-Kuo Wu will take to the Swiss courts today (Wednesday) seeking his impeachment.

International Boxing Association (Aiba) president Ching-Kuo Wu has hit out at the “personal agendas and privileges” of certain members of the organisation’s Executive Committee, amid talk of a challenge to his leadership and reports of the perilous financial position of the world governing body.

India, Russia and Turkey have been awarded hosting rights to major events operated by the International Boxing Association (Aiba).

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has maintained that its finances are in order amid reports in the Guardian and New York Times that it is facing severe financial difficulties owing to payments claimed by two commercial entities.

The heavily-hyped crossover fight between undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor will remain at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after the Big3 basketball league said it received an offer it could not refuse to switch its season-ending event to another venue in the US city.

Boxing’s national governing bodies in Russia and Ukraine have said they will submit bids for the International Boxing Association’s (Aiba) 2019 Men’s World Championships.

Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor have agreed terms on a crossover fight that is expected to be one of the most lucrative events in combat sports history when it takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26.

T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas has seen off competition from a number of other major arenas and stadia to land the hosting rights to unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin’s highly-anticipated boxing match with former champion Canelo Alvarez.

The World Boxing Super Series, a new annual elimination tournament featuring some of the sport’s top fighters and a $50m (€45.8m) prize fund, will launch with contests across the cruiserweight and super middleweight divisions, it has been announced.

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has sealed a global marketing partnership with the Alisports arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group that will lead to the development of a new internet television channel for the global governing body.

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has announced the hosts of the five qualification tournaments for its showpiece World Championships event, which will be held in Hamburg later this year.

Kazakh boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin has agreed endorsement deals with Swiss watchmaker Hublot and whisky brand Chivas Regal, contracts that are said to make him the sport’s top brand ambassador.

The World Boxing Super Series, a new annual elimination tournament featuring some of the sport’s top fighters and a $50m (€47m) prize fund, will launch in September.

Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin has been handed an indefinite suspension and fined $250,000 (€235,000) by the World Boxing Council (WBC) in a doping case.

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has entered into a partnership with the World Boxing Association (WBA), one of the four major sanctioning bodies of the professional side of the sport.

British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has signed a long-term extension to his endorsement deal with US sportswear and equipment brand Under Armour.