Kazakhstan to host 2016 Women's World Boxing Championships
15:46, 17 July 2014
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - In February 2016 Kazakhstan will hold Women's World Boxing Championships, the press service of Kazakhstan Boxing Federation informs.
Today in Istanbul the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has approved Kazakhstan's bid to host the Women's World Boxing Championships. China, Britain and Russia were vying to host the prestigious competition. However, members of the Executive Committee of AIBA were very impressed by Kazakhstan's presentation and, thus, 18 of the 20 voters elected our country. There will be 20 women's places allocated for Rio 2016 at these four tournaments in the flyweight, lightweight and middleweight categories. Kazakhstan has previously held AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships (Astana 2011) and the AIBA World Boxing Championships (Almaty 2013).