The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday 22 June 2023 expelled the International Boxing Association (IBA) from the Olympic family after years of controversy over ignoring advice and guidelines. Boxing will however retain its status as an Olympic sport in the 2024 Paris Games and boxers will be able to compete in the Olympic Games.
IOC Strips International Boxing Association
At a specially convened meeting of the IOC, a vote was taken to derecognise the IBA. The outcome of the vote was already decided, as it had been recommended by the Executive Board, chaired by IOC President Thomas Bach, two weeks earlier. In the voting, 69 were in favor of the proposal, while one vote was cast against it. 10 members abstained from voting.
Boxing was never in danger of being left out of the Olympics, despite the IOC suspending the IBA four years earlier in an attempt to force change. “We attach great importance to the sport of boxing,” Bach told IOC members during the online meeting. We have a very serious problem with the IBA because of the way they operate.
The controversy centered on the management of the IBA under the presidents of Uzbekistan and Russia which were rejected by the IOC. In addition the federation’s finances were supported by Russia’s state energy company Gazprom, as well as the integrity of the bouts and judges were a source of controversy.
“Boxers deserve to play under an international federation with complete integrity and transparency,” Bach said. The IOC is already overseeing the boxing competitions for the Paris Olympic Games without the involvement of the IBA, as it did for the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.
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