The International Boxing Association (AIBA) on 20 December 2016 granted full membership to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) at a meeting in Montreux, Switzerland.
The recently-formed BFI was voted to office in September 2016, which ended four years of administrative logjam in the sports.
AIBA is the sole worldwide governing body for the sport of boxing in all its forms.
It is a non-profit international organisation that succeeded the former Fédération Internationale de Boxe Amateur in 1946.
It has 196 Member Federations and works on behalf of all levels of boxing to reinvigorate the sport’s grass roots, develop youth and elite boxing.
Its vision for boxing also embraces and adheres to the spirit and values of the Olympic Movement and has been led by President Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu since 2006.
BFI- Affiliation: Sports Ministry, India
- Awaiting recognition from: IOA
- In 2012, the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) was suspended and later terminated for possible manipulation in elections.
- The IABF made way for Boxing India in 2014 which lost a no confidence motion moved by state units in 2015.
- BFI was formed in September 2016 following elections conducted in the presence of observers from the International Boxing Association and the Union Sports Ministry.
