Yousif Al Kazim (left), Secretary General of Qatar Boxing Federation shakes hands with AIBA president CK Wu after it was announced that Qatar was awarded the 2015 World Boxing Championships.
Jeju Island, Korea: Qatar will host the International Boxing Association (AIBA) 2015 World Boxing Championships, after beating a bid from Bangkok, yesterday.
Qatar impressed the 23 Council Members who voted for the gulf nation to host the 2015 edition of the World Championships.
CK Wu, the president of governing body AIBA, said: “It is very exciting for AIBA to explore new horizons and we are looking forward to visit Doha in 2015.”
The Doha 2015 event will be the first World Boxing Championships ever to be hosted in the region, and will provide an opportunity to innovatively promote boxing to a new audience and set new standards of excellence for the World Championships.
Following the announcement, Yousif Al Kazim, Secretary General of Qatar Boxing Federation, expressed his gratitude to Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary General for his full support in this successful bid.
Al Kazim said: “We are delighted with the trust and confidence of the AIBA Council. We have no doubt that the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships will be one of the best in the history of the sport and new standards will be set in this brand new region for AIBA. The Council knows, we will not let them down.”
The event will be held from October 5 to 18.
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