ATR First: Solano Quits AIBA Presidential Race
12/09/20
(ATR) The only candidate from the Americas running for the presidency of the International Boxing Association, the Dominican Bienvenido Solano, has pulled out.
Bienvenido Solano drops out of the race. (ATR)
Solano sent a letter to the AIBA Elections Committee on Tuesday, accessed by Around The Rings, in which he affirms that he has resigned from the electoral process due to "extreme manipulation to discredit the honor of my career".
Solano, an honorary vice president of AIBA, was nominated by the Boxing Federation of the Dominican Republic (FEDOBOXA). Several federations believed he could become the first Latin American president of the boxing entity currently suspended by the IOC.