The end of boxing as an Olympic sport?

[Dragon 1,846]

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1123055/endorsements-iba-presidential-election

 

The IOC will definitely be very angry at this.

[heywoodu 15,173]

I am a little out of the loop here with all those terms being thrown around in the article, what exactly is the current situation now?  

[Dragon 1,846]

We'll know more when the IOC meets next week

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/may/11/olympic-boxing-at-risk-ioc-warns-iba-chief-amid-fresh-governance-worries

Edited May 12, 2022 by Dragon
added link to article

[NearPup 3,067]

It should certainly be the end of the IBA.

[dcro 10,210]

This is the same thing as Russia. Always blah blah, but the IOC will not have the spine to do anything. Boxing will survive (and under AIBA, one way or another).

[Dragon 1,846]

No, the IBA have offended the IOC.

If you do that the IOC will not forgive you

[Mkbw50 438]

Just wait until the Dear Leader hears about this.

He will "express grave concern" about the "gender diversity, youthfulness and urbanity" of the IBA and then appoint a 12-year-old refugee to be President

[Dragon 1,846]

Thomas knows best...

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

Boxing as a sport has too much support, it would be like trying to get rid of gymnastics, I just don't see it happening. At best the IOC would just recognize someone else as the true boxing federation.

[Dragon 1,846]

This is a comment by one of the leading observers of the IOC.

 

"All the indications point to boxing being excluded from Paris 2024; boxing has been a part of the Games continuously since 1920. There is a possibility of a challenger federation being organized, but at this point, the IOC seems ready to simply exclude the sport.

If so, it’s unlikely that the IOC’s issues with the IBA would be settled by the fall and boxing would then be likely to be skipped in 2028 as well.

Maybe that’s what Kremlev has in mind anyway, as he recently made an agreement with the World Boxing Association (WBA) to create a joint pathway to professional boxing. In that case, a new Olympic-focused boxing federation could emerge, despite Kremlev’s insistence that the IBA is the owner of worldwide amateur boxing."