September 2010|1 - KazEnergy

September 2010|1
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’...