Wu Exercises Power with Swiss Court Support

(ATR) International Boxing Association president CK Wu maneuvers once more to maintain control of the federation as opposition forces seek to oust him.

An Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting had been scheduled for Sept. 29 by the AIBA executives who believe Wu has mismanaged the federation and should be removed from his position as president. However, Wu exercised his power as AIBA president to postpone the Executive Committee meeting.

It is believed the AIBA executives who tried to form an Interim Management Committee and call a motion of no confidence against Wu were going to try and set a date for an Extraordinary AIBA Congress where such a vote could be held.

The IMC formed and set a date for an Extraordinary Congress at its last Executive Committee meeting in Moscow on July 25. A Swiss magistrate ruled on Sept. 25 that the formation of the IMC and calling of an Extraordinary Congress were not permissible under AIBA’s statutes.

The same Swiss court ruled in favor of Wu again on Sept. 28, upholding his power to postpone the Extraordinary Executive Committee meeting set for Friday in Lausanne, Switzerland.

"The failure of certain members to follow the process of the meeting as laid out in AIBA Statutes, their demands for last-minute modifications to the agenda showed a worrying disdain for the authority of the Swiss Court and its decision," AIBA said in a statement.

It seems Wu has weathered the storm from his challengers and is in the position, with the support of Swiss law, to postpone and render the decisions made by his opposition null and void.

This cycle of challenge and rebuttal could likely continue until Wu’s third and final term as AIBA president concludes in November 2018. AIBA hopes this infighting can be resolved long before Wu’s final term ends.

"It is AIBA’s wish to finally bring an end to the confusion that the so-called IMC is intent on bringing to the sport of boxing," AIBA said in a statement. "The organization remains at the disposal of our 202 National Federations as the only authority that can deliver the long-term vision that their sport deserves."

Written by Kevin Nutley

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