The Indian Amateur Boxing Federation after replying to the letter of suspension from the International Boxing Federation After replying to the letter of suspension from the International Boxing Federation, says a report in The Hindu.
“According to IABF president Abhishek Matoria on Saturday, former secretary-general Brig. P.K. Muralidharan Raja, who was at Yerevan as part of the Indian contingent at the World Youth championship, spoke to the AIBA top brass about the Indian body’s suspension. Brig. Raja, according to Matoria, tried to figure out the specific objections the AIBA had regarding the IABF elections and its possible link to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) elections, which led to the suspension by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC),” says the report.
“We want to know about the mistakes we have committed. We want to rectify those. We are ready to do whatever the AIBA says. "If they tell us to hold fresh elections, we are ready to do it at the earliest possible date. We do not want the sport and our boxers to suffer because of the suspension,” said Matoria.
Meanwhile, Deccan Herald report says that IABF officials, who met the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) president Ching-Kuo Wu at Armenia about its suspension, have been told to amend its constitution and hold fresh elections.
“The IABF officials, however, are yet to receive anything in writing from AIBA over the issue. The AIBA, in a letter dated December 6, provisionally suspended the IABF over possible manipulation of its elections. The Indian boxing officials shot off a letter to AIBA on Friday night asking the world body to be specific in pointing out the lapses”, says the report