IBA President Umar Kremlev alongside BFI President Ajay Singh
Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023 will see 300 boxers from 65 nations competing for prize cash of Rs 20 crores throughout 12 weight classes
The International Boxing Association (IBA) President Umar Kremlev on Tuesday termed India because the capital of girls’s boxing because the nation is all set for the largest boxing occasion with the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023, kickstarting on Wednesday at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
Hosted by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), the celebrated match is happening in India for the third time—essentially the most for any nation within the historical past of the championship.
The earlier two editions befell in 2006 and 2018 in New Delhi.
“India became the capital of women’s boxing and now we are witnessing historical moments together. Generally, 250 to 260 boxers compete in such championships but this year it’s a huge championship,” Kremlev stated whereas addressing the media throughout the press convention which was additionally attended by the BFI President Ajay Singh together with the Rio Olympics champion Estelle Mossely of France and the reigning African champion Sara Haghighat-joo from Sierra Leone.
The upcoming thirteenth version of the match will witness the participation of greater than 300 boxers from 65 nations competing for the title in addition to the huge prize pool of INR 20 crore throughout 12 weight classes.
“I think the fact that India is hosting the championship for the third time is testimony to the fact that India is a real power in boxing and as the IBA President said it is indeed a capital of women’s boxing in the world. What gives us even greater pleasure is the fact that the sport has enabled us to empower women in our country. And we look upon boxing as one of the paths by which women from backgrounds, which are not often the best, rise up and become champions of the world,” stated BFI President Ajay Singh.
An IOC monitoring staff, led by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has additionally arrive in India and the PwC staff will work in parallel with the IBA onsite as Prof Richard McLaren and his McLaren Independent Investigation Team (MIIT) might be answerable for the background vetting verify of the competitors officers on the championship.
Kremlev additional added that there might be no doubts in regards to the integrity of the competitors with the monitoring staff and the bout evaluate rule in place.
The opening ceremony on Wednesday might be attended by the Honourable Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Mr Anurag Singh Thakur, IBA President Kremlev and BFI President Ajay Singh together with model ambassador of the occasion MC Mary Kom, six-time world champion, and visitor of honour Bollywood star Farhan Akhtar.
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