AIBA President Mr. Umar Kremlev on Sunday met with referees and judges (R&J) working at the ASBC Asian Men’s and Women’s Championships along with the R & J Committee headed by Mr. Chris Roberts. The AIBA leader, in the meeting held in Dubai, promised to support referees and judges and called for honesty and transparency.
“AIBA will help every member of its family including referees and judges. You are a part of the world of boxing, of our family. You are leading one of the main directions of our sport, and you should be dedicated to strict AIBA rules and never violate it. The strongest should win. If you became AIBA R&J, you defend all athletes and represent honesty, not just one single country. Should I hear about some violation, we will exclude R&J for a life-time. Today we have to fight for total honesty, we will farewell to all who are not in our team. We will also not allow anyone accuse our R&Js in misjudging. We are reforming R&J and scoring system. The new uniform for R&J will be presented. We will create courses on each national language,” AIBA President claimed.
AIBA Secretary General Mr. Istvàn Kovàcs stated that AIBA will welcome all the ideas for the development.
“I dedicated my whole life to boxing, and I will die for our athletes if it is needed. We have to give each other hand and work together, as we have common goals. We have already implemented open scoring, bout review, scoring system will be updated soon. Millions of kids are dreaming to become a champion. You are judging these kids, it is a huge responsibility. You are our best referees and judges, you work with the best athletes. All is in your hand. We will show zero tolerance, if someone judging not fairly. One mistake can ruin a whole career. We trust you and you can trust us. We have started to write a new chapter of our history,” he said.
Mr. Chris Roberts, The Chairman of the R&J Committee further said that they are working alongside Coaches Committee in order to improve AIBA Technical and Competition Rules. Roberts called the development programs ‘the key work’, and extended his good wishes for all the R&J at the ASBC Asian Boxing Championships starting today and also for the ones participating in the educational program in Dubai.
Mr. Zurab Tibua, one of the instructors of the R&J course, said that before boxing ‘had problems’ and now it is ‘clear and transparent’.
“Please be world-class specialists to do your job,” he noted.
The Technical Delegate of the tournament from Jordan, Mr. Walid Jarrar, stated that R&Js play a great role in the events. “I appreciate hard work Mr. Kremlev is doing. It leads us to sustainability and transparency,” he said.
