Boxing Federation of Russia

Russia Boxing (RBF) (Russian: Федерация бокса России) is the governing body of amateur boxing clubs in Russia. The Federation was founded on February 1, 1992 after voluntary dissolution of the USSR Amateur Boxing Federation.[1] RBF is the Member of AIBA and EUBC.

Russia Boxing

Sport	Amateur boxing
Founded	February 1, 1992
President	Ivanyuzhenkov Boris
Official website
rusboxing.ru

President in stuff was Boris Ivanyuzhenkov (1992-2017).

After the president's position deletion in 2017 the General Secretary has begun to manage.

Current General Secretary is Umar Kremliov.

References

1. "Федерация". rusboxing.ru.

Controversy

Olympics 2016 Rio, Brazil.

During the 2016 Olympic games several bouts involving Russian competitors seemed to be judged in favour of the Russian athlete when it was clear to many they had lost. Bantamweight Vladimir Nikitin was given a unanimous decision against Ireland's World champion Michael Conlon in the quarterfinal of the tournament judges all scoring for the Russian in rounds one and three. Afterwards, in an irate television interview, Conlon claimed AIBA (www.aiba.org) were cheats and had been paid to fix fights. In order to reach the quarterfinal bout with Conlon, Nikitin was controversially awarded the win by split decision when he fought Thailand's Chatchai Butdee. According to the Bangkok Post, Butdee was quoted as saying, "I should have won the fight. I think I was more on target. I do not really understand the judges' decisions[1]". The day after the quarterfinal AIBA denied these allegations however removed several Judges and Referees for the panel for the rest of the games over irregularities in scoring. They also stated decisions will stand.[2]

1. "The Thai boxer who lost to Conlan's Russian opponent had similar sentiments after his fight". Retrieved 2016-08-17.
2. "AIBA drops referees and judges after review of Olympic fights". Retrieved 2016-08-17.