Sport Desk
DUBAI: The Dubai Sports Council announced the organization of the Arab International Boxing Championship, which will be held on April 30, 2025, at the Coca-Cola Arena, in cooperation with the Dubai Sports Council, with the participation of an elite group of boxers from 14 countries from different continents of the world.
This came during a press conference held at the Dubai Sports Council headquarters, during which Ali Omar, Director of the Sports Events Department, Hadi Al-Sudairy, President of the International Arab Boxing Federation, and Hussein Hammou, Director of the Middle East Company organizing the event, spoke.
Ali Omar said: “We are pleased to cooperate with the International Arab Boxing Federation in organizing this event, as the Dubai Sports Council seeks to enhance the partnership between the private and public sectors of various local and international institutions and federations. We are pleased to announce this championship, which Dubai is hosting for the first time.
The Dubai Sports Council is also keen to organize and host many diverse international championships in various sports and to search for what is new in each sport, as the Council organizes more than 450 diverse sports events throughout the year. We are certain that we will have an exceptional championship that supports the environment and sustainability, and it will witness record numbers recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. We wish success to all participants in this major event.” Hadi Al Sudairy said: “I thank the Dubai Sports Council for its continuous support to the International Arab Boxing Federation.
The organizing company, Mess Middle East, and the sponsoring company, NB North, also published the championship program, which includes 16 fights between men and women, led by world boxing champions Dejany Vionnet, Matthew Dalman, Harris Pepper, Nikola Todorovic, and other boxers from 14 countries from different continents of the world: France, Brazil, Italy, Serbia, Bosnia, Armenia, Tunisia, Germany, Belarus, Norway, Algeria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain.
The boxers compete in 8 different weights for men and women, as men compete in weights of 60, 66, 72, 76, 82, and 85 kilograms, while women compete in weights of 60 and 63 kilograms. For his part, Hussein Hammou said: “I thank the Dubai Sports Council for its support and hosting the press conference. We seek to organize a distinguished event that befits the status of Dubai and it will be organized annually, and it will be Supporting sustainable energy, based on our social responsibility and commitment to protecting the environment and within the framework of government directives to support sustainability, this event will be the largest of its kind.
