Boxing Federation of India

Boxing Federation of India now an AIBA full member

Question: When did the AIBA granted full membership to the recently-formed Boxing Federation of India (BFI)?
(a) 15 December 2016
(b) 17 December 2016
(c) 14 December 2016
(d) 20 December 2016
Ans. (d)
Related facts:

  • On 20 December 2016 the AIBA unanimously granting full membership to the recently-formed Boxing Federation of India (BFI) at a meeting on the sidelines of its 70th anniversary gala in Montreux, Switzerland.
  • Indian boxing was thrown into disarray back in 2012 when the erstwhile Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) was first suspended and later terminated for “possible manipulation in elections”.
  • Boxing India was formed in 2014.
  • But the BFI could not run for even one year and lost a no confidence motion moved by disgruntled state units in 2015.
  • BFI took shape in September, 2015 following elections conducted in the presence of observers from the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and the Sports Ministry.

Reference:
http://ddinews.gov.in/Sports/Sports%20-%20Headlines/Pages/AIBABFI.aspx
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/boxing/aiba-grants-full-membership-to-boxing-federation-of-india/articleshow/56085538.cms