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EUBC President Dr. Ioannis Filippatos congratulated to the Armenian Boxing Federation during the Technical Meeting

After the Sport Entries Check, the Technical Meeting of the EUBC European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships was the next important part of the competition. The EUBC President Dr. Ioannis Filippatos had a short speech as the start of the Technical Meeting and he confirmed that he checked all of the hotels, the venue and congratulated to the Armenian Boxing Federation to their great work.

Mr. Adam Kusior of Poland is the Technical Delegate of the EUBC European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships led the Technical Meeting at the Ani Grand Hotel in Yerevan. The EUBC Competition Director Mr. Dragoljub Radovic, IBA representative Ms. Ria Ramnarine and the EUBC Executive Director Mr. Aleksandr Egorov attended in the meeting.

The roll call confirmed the attendance of 39 nations in this EUBC European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships which returned to the boxing agenda after three years of break. The number of the boxers is 219 in the championship with the participation of 28 Referees & Judges and 17 ITOs. The EUBC European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships holds at the 13 official weight categories: 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63.5kg, 67kg, 71kg, 75kg, 80kg, 86kg, 92kg and +92kg.

The participation status, the eligibility, the event schedule, the official draw, the daily weigh-in, the key technical and competition rules, the boxers’ uniforms, the seedings, the professional hand wrappings, medical and anti-doping procedure, the video recording procedures, the award ceremony, and the IBA Disciplinary Code were the main parts of the Technical Meeting today.

The elections for the EUBC Athlete Committee will take place at the Ani Grand Hotel tomorrow. The Opening Ceremony will be held at Karen Demirchyan Sports Complex on 20:30 today and the transportation is at 20:00 to the venue from all hotels. The competition will be starting with one session in two rings tomorrow from 18:00 on May 23.