IOC sets deadline of 'early 2025' to keep boxing in the Olympics for Los Angeles with a new partner
The International Olympic Committee says it needs to find a suitable new international boxing body by early next year or else risk boxing dropping out of the Olympics for the Los Angeles Games in 2028
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday said it needs to find a suitable new international boxing body by early next year or else risk boxing dropping out of the Olympics for the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
The IOC stripped the International Boxing Association of the right to run the Olympic boxing tournaments in Tokyo in 2021 and Paris this year.
On Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IOC's decision to formally de-recognize the IBA, in effect cutting it out of the Olympic movement altogether.
The IOC has long cited concerns about the IBA's governance and the integrity of how boxing matches are refereed and judged. It also accused the IBA's Russian president Umar Kremlev of using “violent and threatening language” about IOC personnel last year.
