British & Irish Boxing Authority
British & Irish Boxing Authority
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The British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) is a professional boxing governing, sanctioning and licensing organization that operates primarily within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The CEO/Vice-President of BIBA is Gianluca Di Caro.[19]
About
Responsible For Sanctioning Boxing Events
CEO Gianluca Di Caro
The British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) has affiliation with many world boxing championship organizations and a number of regional championship organizations within the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It was launched in 2016.
Its primary focus is the licensing of professional boxers and their coaching, management and promotional agents, sanctioning of professional boxing events, as well as the training and licensing of officials.
They also ensure that the health and safety of the people that participate in the sport, as well as the application of the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) Unified Rules and Regulations for Professional Boxing events. FightFax (USA) provides official bout records publishing for events sanctioned by BIBA.
BIBA Afghanistan
In July 2017, the British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) and the Afghanistan All Martial Arts Federation (AAMAF) joined forces to create BIBA Afghanistan.
Nigel Benn
Benn Licensed By BIBA
Benn Match Cancelled
Nigel Benn, a two-weight former world champion, called a press conference for September 26,2019 and confirmed his comeback fight for November 23, 2019 at Resorts World Birmingham in Birmingham, England against Sakio Bika.
Benn gained a boxing license by the British and Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) in 2019.
It had benn reported by various members of the media that the British Boxing Board of Control refused to grant Nigel Benn a license to return to the sport at the age of fifty five. Robert Smith, general secretary of the BBBofC, said that the risks were too great to consider licensing Benn. Gianluca Di Caro stated, "Nigel Benn is in amazing condition. He is a magnificent athlete. He is not taking any chances and he is minimizing risk".
Benn Fight Cancelled
Everipedia editor Matthew E. O'Neil contacted Benn's U.K. agent Mark Peters. Peters responded that Benn, "was never refused a licence by the board (BBBofC), as he never formally applied for one."[7] O'Neil also contacted Gianluca Di Caro who responded:
As Nigel has confirmed in his statement, at no time had he undertaken formal discussions with, or applied to, the BBBofC, with regards to sanctioning of the event, so them interfering in the way they have is completely out of order.
Their actions to date are so similar to those that they used in their campaign to discredit David Haye versus Derek Chisora event in July 2012, and like back then their actions are without merit and will not prevent Nigel Benn vs. Sakio Bika taking place on the 23rd November.
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I hope my fans will respect that I have no say in this decision.
Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience this may cause to my loyal fans who have bought tickets.
The British and Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) for sanctioning me, undercard fighters, the venue, suppliers and anyone else who is affected by my announcement.
God bless you all.
2020
Sanctiones Matches In U.K.
In March 2020,the British & Irish Boxing Authority sanctioned professional boxing matches in England.
Boxing fans packed the Hoops Basketball Centre in the Barrow-in-Furness section of Cumbria, England to support boxing promoters Lee Kellett and Callum Pearson as they co-promoted their first professional boxing event.[16]
Global Coronavirus Pandemic
BIBA released a statement on its website in February 2021 stating that they will not be scheduling boxing matches due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
It would be Criminally Negligent to authorise events in February, says BIBA VP .
Following discussions with the Government as well as local area Safety Advisory Groups and local NHS Trusts the British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) have made the decision to NOT authorise the sanctioning of any events in February 2021.
On making the announcement BIBA Vice President Gianluca Di Caro said “We discussed the situation with the promoters of the two planned February events, who both willingly agreed to reschedule the events until later in the year.
It was a hard decision to make, but one we believe was the only one we could possibly make, without doubt it would be irresponsible to put any extra pressure on NHS services at this time.
In reality it wouldn’t just be irresponsible but also Criminally Negligent in our view, as we could not possibly guarantee that should a boxer receive a serious head injury, such as a bleed on the brain, that they would receive the required treatment within the ‘Golden Hour’ to prevent permanent brain damage or even death.
Whilst the Government provided ‘Positive Test’ figures do seem to be on a downward trend, the actual level of serious Infection and Hospital Admittances, as well as Deaths are still rising to record levels on a daily basis.
Currently, according to Government figures, there is one new hospital admittance every thirty seconds and some Hospital Trusts are reporting full or close to full capacity of ICU beds, as well as overly long waiting times within Accident & Emergency Departments.
We will continue to monitor the situation and will announce in Mid-February whether events in March will be authorised or not.
In the meantime we urge everyone to observe Social Distancing rules, wear face coverings over both the mouth and nose when on public transport or in the shops etc.and please wash your hands regularly for twenty seconds or use hand sanitiser".