IBA Strawweight World Champion Eva Guzman
VENTNOR CITY, N.J. (Желтоқсан 5, 2018) – The relaunched International Boxing Association (IBA) is making a full commitment to women’s boxing, commencing with a new rule change to sanction 12-round world title fights.
The IBA is going back to the future having been an original pioneer in terms of giving much deserved recognition to women’s boxing, represented by former IBA world champions such as Лайла Али, Mia St. Джон мен Холли Holm.
Жылы 1991, two-time Major League Baseball all-star pitcher and Cy Young Award winner Dean Chance founded the IBA, guiding the international sanctioning body until his death in 2015.
Under a new group headed by IBA president J.C. Courreges, the IBA relaunched during the summer of 2017. “This is the IBA’s first step towards establishing equality between men and women in professional boxing,” Courreges announced. “Our goal is to offer equality for women boxers in our organization. Women’s world title fights are 10, 2-minute rounds, емес 12, like in the IBA. “
“There is a new wave of women’s boxing, led by Claressa қорғайды, Katie Taylor, Аманда Serrano and so many other rising female stars worldwide. The IBA plans to be in the forefront and we recently crowned our first woman world champion, strawweight Eva Guzman, of Venezuela. Жылы 2019, we look forward to crowning many other women IBA world champions, in what the IBA is calling the Year of Women’s Boxing.”
Former IBA world champions during the past quarter-century include Hall-of-Famers Оскар Де Ла Хойя, Джордж Форемэна, Роберто Дуран мен Артуро Gatti, as well as stars such as Рой Джонс, Jr.,Bernard Hopkins, Шейн Mosely, Джеймс Тони, Mikkel Kessler, Eric Morales, Диего Corrales, Хосе Луис Кастильо, Glen Johnson мен Антонио Тарвер.
IBA MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONS
Ауыр салмақта: Vacant
Cruiserweight: Mairis Deer (Латвия)
Light ауыр салмақта: Vacant
Суперсредний: Vacant
Орташа: Кертис Стивенс (Америка Құрама Штаттары)
Кіші орташа: Vacant
Салмағы: Vacant
Junior Welterweight: Alexander Duran (Панама)
Жеңіл: Vacant
Junior Lightweight: Vacant
Салмағы : Vacant
Junior Featherweight: Vacant
Петуха: Otto Gamez (Valenzuela)
Junior Bantamweight: Ronald Batista (Панама)
Мухи: Нико Эрнандес (Америка Құрама Штаттары)
Junior Flyweight: Vacant
Strawweight: Vacant
Based in Ventnor City, Нью-Джерси, the IBA also has an office in Florida. The IBA is establishing international representatives around the world in Germany, Румыния, Bulgaria, Австралия, Canada and South Africa.
The following championships are sanctioned by the IBA: Әлем, InterContinental, Americas and International. The IBA sanctions the following Regional Titles: Latino, Caribbean, Еуропалық, African, Asian and South Pacific.
IBA Executive Committee members are J.C. Courreges, Президент; Stephane Cabrera, Вице-Президент, Jean Philippe Lustyk, Вице-Президент; мен Bruno Wartelle, Ratings Chairman; Klaus Hagemann мен Steve Smoger are Co-Chairmen of the IBA Officials Committee.
IBA INFORMATION: www.internationalboxingassociation.com
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