From 11 to 23 October in Budva, Montenegro, the European Women's Boxing Championship was held. According to the results of the competition, the Ukrainian women's team won six medals at the tournament - 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. In the team standings, the Ukrainians came second, losing to the Irish, who also have 3 gold medals, but one silver medal more. The top three were closed by the representatives of Bulgaria.
The Swedish and Finnish boxing federations have announced that they will boycott boxing competitions to which Russian and Belarusian athletes will be admitted. This was their response to the decision of the IBA, which yesterday announced the lifting of the ban on the participation of boxers from Russia and Belarus in events organized under the auspices of the federation.
The International Boxing Federation, headed by the Russian Umar Kremlin, has decided to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in their tournaments.
At the 2022 European Junior Championships, which takes place in Montesilvano, Italy, Anastasia Taran from Dnipro won a split decision 4:1 (29:28, 29:28, 29:28, 28:29, 29:28) over Mary McDonagh from Ireland and became the owner of the gold medal of the championship in the weight category 70-75 kg. Thus, Taran became a two-time European champion. Prior to that, in 2021, Taran won the gold of the European Championship among schoolchildren (13-14 years old) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she was recognized as the best boxer of the competition.
In the interests of athletes and the boxing community, the Executive Board (EC) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided that the qualifying and boxing competitions for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will not be held under the authority of the International Boxing Association (IBA).
Andy Cruz Gomez, three-time world champion in Olympic boxing (2017, 2019, 2021) and gold medalist of the Tokyo Olympics (2021), was supposed to make his professional debut in mid-May, but was pulled out of the fight due to a conflict with the coach. And then there was information that the titled Cuban had escaped from the island and would make his professional debut under other circumstances.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, women will compete in six weight categories and men in seven. This was officially announced by the IBA and the IOC.
According to the official website of the Ukrainian Boxing Federation, today, December 17, at the reporting and election conference, Volodymyr Prodivus was re-elected for another four-year term as the head of the organization. Prodivus has held this post since 2008. Dmitry Shentsev remained the first vice-president of the FBU; vice-presidents of the FBU, the composition of the Executive Committee and the general secretary were also elected.
Another interesting British heavyweight is about to make his professional debut - he is Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Frazer Clarke.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA), organizing the 2021 World Boxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, has awarded the Val Barker Trophy to the best boxer of the championship. According to AIBA, Andy Cruz Gomez of Cuba won the cup in 63.5 kg class.
