BIIU’s fundamental legal basis is Article 36 of the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) Constitution. Legally speaking, BIIU is one of IBA’s departments. Operationally speaking however, BIIU is fully independent from IBA. Such independence means that BIIU has its own managing bodies and staff, its own budget (allocated by IBA’s Board of Directors), its own IT and security systems (yet to be put into place), its own website, as well as its own branding.

Created in 2023, BIIU oversees IBA’s disciplinary issues, except for anti-doping. Furthermore, it is responsible for dispute resolution (e.g., emerging from commercial boxing contracts). Finally, it deals with eligibility checks for elections within IBA.

BIIU operates based on the four principles of (1) operational and decision-making independence from IBA, (2) professionalism, (3) priority of the law, as well as (4) priority of boxing’s interests. Furthermore, subject to these principles, BIIU is fully committed to IBA’s values, which are respect, integrity and ethics, responsibility, innovation, democratic governance, transparency and accountability, as well as efficiency.

BIIU’s official language is English, its first point of contact the Managing Director (director@biiu.sport; +41 33 520 60 48; c/o korave.ch, P.O. Box, CH-3704 Krattigen), and two of its main working documents are the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit Rules as well as the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit Procedural Rules.