The ASBC Extraordinary Congress was held in Bangkok

Following the Asian Boxing Confederation’s Board of Directors Meeting, the ASBC Extraordinary Congress was held at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok.

The Asian Boxing Confederation launched a statement short after the International Olympic Committee’s decision to withdraw the recognition of the International Boxing Association and expel the IBA in their IOC Session on June 22.

The ASBC Board of Directors including the ASBC President Mr. Pichai Chunhavajira committed to support our boxers in their pursuit of the Olympic dream. The management of the Asian Boxing Confederation called for an Extraordinary Meeting on June 23 to discuss all of the important questions with the affiliated National Federations.

Altogether 35 Asian National Federations out of the total number of 43 were there in the Roll Call. Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Yemen represented the Extraordinary Congress.  

Thailand’s official Mr. Chaiwat Chotima was elected as ASBC Honorary President in the next phase of the negotiations.

Following the secret ballot voting, 31 National Federations voted to continue with IBA until the new International Federation was recognized by the International Olympic Committee, three proposed to leave IBA while one of the votes was invalid.

Mr. Pichai Chunhavajira and ASBC Vice-President Mr. Aziz Kozhambetov arranged their closing speeches in the end of the ASBC Extraordinary Congress. The ASBC management respects the votes of the majority and underlines the unity of the Asian continent.