SpOrT KazENErgy |0 almaTy TO bECOmE ThE CENTrE Of WOrlD bOXiNg
<strong>September</strong> <strong>2010|1</strong> on november 1 sT – 2 nd , 2010, KazaKhsTan is To hosT The congress of The amaTeur inTernaTional boxing associaTion. for These Two days, almaTy will be The cenTre of world boxing, The congress flooded by represenTaTives from all levels of The aiba. afTer The congress ends, The general assembly of The confederaTion of aiba organizaTions will TaKe place, and, subsequenTly, The meeTing of The execuTive commiTTee of The aiba. fOr Our COuNTry, SuCh aN impOrTaNT EvENT rEprESENTS rECOgNiTiON Of ThE faCT ThaT ThE SENiOr OffiCialS Of ThE domEstic boxiNG fEdERAtioN ARE pEoplE who tRulY lovE boxiNG. It is worth mentioning that four years have passed since the current president of AIBA, Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, was elected. The time has come, therefore, for the global boxing community to select a future leader for the authority in world boxing, AIBA. It should be emphasised that Dr Wu’s chairmanship will long be remembered as a period of reorganization of world boxing. It was Dr Wu who advocated the inclusion of female boxers in the program of the Olympic Games. And his reinstatement of a former game-rule, – «3 rounds x 3 minutes» – has made this dynamic sport still more compelling. Generally speaking, Dr Wu has a good chance of being re-elected. He lacks nothing for the role, including efficient administrative resources. However, the pre-election campaign is at its peak, and any candidate able to convince the electorate of his vision of boxing development will have the opportunity to compete for the Presidential chair of AIBA. For our country, such an important event represents recognition of the fact that the senior officials of the domestic boxing federation are people who truly love boxing. AIBA officials under the leadership of Ching-Kuo Wu have visited the country several times, and have appreciated the considerable measures taken to develop and popularize the sport in Kazakhstan. Holding this symbolic event in Kazakhstan will undoubtedly have a very positive impact on the country as a whole, recognizing once again that we play a leading role in boxing worldwide.It should also be noted that the world championship for cadets will take place in the country’s capital, Astana city: yet another indication of the fruitful development of Kazakhstan boxing. A few words will suffice on the history of Kazakhstan boxing: in short, it has gone from strength to strength since the country gained its independence, repeatedly winning medals in the Olympic Games – gold medals included! Hopes are high for the Games to be held in London in 2012. Kazakhstan has every chance of succeeding. This year, the boxing federation in Kazakhstan initiated a new project, under the auspices of which matches are taking place in the «wall-to-wall» format across all regions of the country. The ultimate aim of the project is to strengthen the interest of spectators and audiences in boxing and its propaganda throughout Kazakhstan. In yet more positive news, an agreement has been reached between AIBA president Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu and Timur Kulibayev, the president of Kazakhstan’s boxing federation, that a World Boxing Academy will be built in Almaty. It is impossible to doubt that boxing really is Kazakhstan’s ‘number one sport’...