Rakhimov punches in as new AIBA boss

MOSCOW - Controversial Uzbek businessman Gafur Rakhimov was elected president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) on Saturday, despite fears his ascendency could lead to the sport being kicked out of the Olympic Games.

Rakhimov won 86 of the 134 second-round votes in the ballot in Moscow to KO his only opponent, former boxer Serik Konakbayev of Kazakhstan.

Rakhimov, previously interim president, has courted controversy since being linked to organized crime by the US Treasury Department.