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A new federation, World Boxing, will seek recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a bid to keep boxing in the Olympic Games.
Boxing is under grave threat of being dropped as an Olympic sport after the IOC suspended International Boxing Association (IBA), the sport’s governing body, from administering Olympic boxing.
IBA’s Olympic spot was placed at risk due to issues with its governance, finances and refereeing and judging dating back a number of years.
In September, the IOC said it was “extremely concerned” that an IBA extraordinary congress overwhelmingly backed Russian Umar Kremlev to remain as its president.
For the Tokyo Olympics and for the 2024 Games in Paris, IBA has been suspended from running the Olympic boxing tournament as well as the qualification events, being replaced by the IOC’s own special boxing task force temporarily.
But the IOC had no plans to continue that beyond the Paris Games and boxing was left off the initial programme for Los Angeles 2028.
That means without significant reform boxing is set to be axed from the Olympic Games.
A group of boxing leaders from a number of nations, including the UK and USA, have launched a new federation, World Boxing, that will seek recognition from the IOC and try to preserve boxing as an Olympic sport.
More to follow.
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