IBF set for SGM to plan breakthrough in suspension logjam

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 21:11

In a desperate bid to get its international suspension lifted in the next couple of months, the Indian Boxing Federation is planning to call a Special General Meeting to work out the date for an AGM where the schedule for a fresh election would be finalised.

IBF state units want Prez, Secretary General to attend meeting

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 18:30

It is all set to be a full-blown revolt but the Indian Boxing Federation`s state units have still invited the suspended body`s President and Secretary General to attend their October 6 meeting despite the duo`s attempts to stop the gathering from taking place.

Fed up with impasse, IBF state units set to meet on Oct 6

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 14:52

Suspended internationally for almost a year, the Indian Boxing Federation is all set for a massive churning with a majority of its state units deciding to meet here on October 6 to form an ad-hoc body to approve a new constitution and finalise the date of a Special General Meeting.

IBF forms disciplinary committee to hear charges of fixing

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 16:41

The Indian Boxing Federation today (IBF) formed a three-member disciplinary committee to look into the allegations of manipulation in the World Championship trials, levelled by three boxers who were not picked for the event.

Prove charges or face action, IBF Prez to disgruntled trio

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 18:18

Furious with the three boxers who alleged that trials for the upcoming World Championships were manipulated, Indian Boxing Federation President Abhishek Matoria today said disciplinary action will be taken against them if they fail to prove their charges.

Is India in doubt for boxing World Championship?

Last Updated: Thursday, August 22, 2013, 15:21

The administrative wrangling in the suspended Indian Boxing Federation could end up costing the country`s boxers a chance to compete in this year`s World Championships.

Boxing champ Amir Khan vows career won`t slow down even after marriage

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 13:53

Former boxing world champion Amir Khan has said that getting married will not distract him from his boxing career, and added that he aims to continue on his comeback and win back a world title.

Boxers suffer as IBF upsets AIBA again

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 18:02

The suspended Indian Boxing Federation has infuriated the International Boxing Association (AIBA) yet again and it is the pugilists who are paying the price for their refusal to act according to the world body`s diktat.

Boxer Kirillov plans comeback after five-year break

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:29

After a five-year hiatus from boxing, former IBF super flyweight champion Dmitry Kirillov is mounting a comeback, with a possible return bout set for May 16 in St. Petersburg, his hometown.

IBF elects Multi Screen Media CEO Man Jit Singh as President

Last Updated: Saturday, September 29, 2012, 20:17

The IBF Board will now comprise three Vice Presidents, instead of one, as had been the practice since the Foundation's inception in 1999.

Former IBF champ Amir Khan demands boxing-ban on ‘drug cheat’ Lamont Peterson

Last Updated: Friday, June 1, 2012, 17:33

Former IBF welterweight champion Amir Khan has said that Lamont Peterson should be banned from boxing for taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Mystery man Ameen threatens to sue Khan

Last Updated: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 09:43

British boxer Amir Khan and his camp have been threatened with a lawsuit by `mystery man` Mustafa Ameen unless they apologise for what the IBF volunteer has called "libellous statements".