The International Boxing Association (IBA) was banished from the Olympic family on Thursday, ending a years-long dispute fueled by defying advice and instructions from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
GENEVA—The International Boxing Association was banished from the Olympic family on Thursday, ending a years-long dispute fueled by defying advice and instructions from the International Olympic Committee .The IOC voted to derecognize the IBA at a specially called meeting — an outcome that was inevitable after being The vote was 69-1, with 10 members abstaining.
“We highly value the sport of boxing. We have an extremely serious problem with IBA because of their governance,” Bach told IOC members during their online meeting. “The boxers fully deserve to be governed by an international federation with integrity and transparency,” Bach said. Boxing can now be confirmed on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic program, which the IOC and Bach withheld as leverage against IBA. Boxing is “guaranteed” to be in Los Angeles, members were told Thursday.
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