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Fox Sports
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
World Boxing adds China's powerful federation, 5 more to its growing membership
Associated Press World Boxing has added China to its growing list of members, reaching another major goal in its quest to keep boxing in the Olympics. The still-new governing body also announced the additions of the national federations of Turkey, Sudan, Greece, Slovakia and Montenegro on Wednesday. World Boxing now has 84 national federations among its membership after having only 37 at the conclusion of the Paris Olympics seven months ago. The Chinese Boxing Federation's decision to join is yet another positive sign for World Boxing, which received provisional recognition from the IOC last month as the new governing body for the sport ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. 'The addition of six more members to our ever-increasing membership is further evidence of the widespread support that exists across our sport for the work that World Boxing is doing to deliver a better future for boxers and ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement,' World Boxing president Boris Van Der Vorst said. World Boxing was founded in April 2023 in an attempt to preserve the sport's Olympic future after the International Boxing Association was suspended in 2019 and banished from the Olympic movement in 2023 following decades of judging scandals, bizarre leadership decisions and innumerable financial misdeeds. While World Boxing swiftly signed up most of the top Western federations fed up with the Russia-dominated IBA's intransigence, the breakaway body knew it would face difficulty in landing top federations who either rely financially on the banned body or align politically with its Russian leadership. China has emerged as a top boxing nation since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Its team finished second in the medal table in Paris last year with three gold medals and two silvers. Turkey also has a thriving federation, winning two silver medals and a bronze in Paris. With China in the fold, World Boxing now has a robust Asian membership that includes about two dozen members — including Uzbekistan, the most powerful boxing nation in recent Olympics after winning five gold medals in Paris. Boxing still is not officially on the program for the Los Angeles Games, but Kazakh boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin is heading a World Boxing commission to cement the body's future in the Olympic movement. The IOC ran the last two Olympic boxing tournaments, but has repeatedly said a new governing body must run future tournaments if boxing stays on the program. ___ AP boxing:
Associated Press
12-03-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
World Boxing adds China's powerful federation, 5 more to its growing membership
World Boxing has added China to its growing list of members, reaching another major goal in its quest to keep boxing in the Olympics. The still-new governing body also announced the additions of the national federations of Turkey, Sudan, Greece, Slovakia and Montenegro on Wednesday. World Boxing now has 84 national federations among its membership after having only 37 at the conclusion of the Paris Olympics seven months ago. The Chinese Boxing Federation's decision to join is yet another positive sign for World Boxing, which received provisional recognition from the IOC last month as the new governing body for the sport ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. 'The addition of six more members to our ever-increasing membership is further evidence of the widespread support that exists across our sport for the work that World Boxing is doing to deliver a better future for boxers and ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement,' World Boxing president Boris Van Der Vorst said. World Boxing was founded in April 2023 in an attempt to preserve the sport's Olympic future after the International Boxing Association was suspended in 2019 and banished from the Olympic movement in 2023 following decades of judging scandals, bizarre leadership decisions and innumerable financial misdeeds. While World Boxing swiftly signed up most of the top Western federations fed up with the Russia-dominated IBA's intransigence, the breakaway body knew it would face difficulty in landing top federations who either rely financially on the banned body or align politically with its Russian leadership. China has emerged as a top boxing nation since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Its team finished second in the medal table in Paris last year with three gold medals and two silvers. Turkey also has a thriving federation, winning two silver medals and a bronze in Paris. With China in the fold, World Boxing now has a robust Asian membership that includes about two dozen members — including Uzbekistan, the most powerful boxing nation in recent Olympics after winning five gold medals in Paris. Boxing still is not officially on the program for the Los Angeles Games, but Kazakh boxing superstar Gennady Golovkin is heading a World Boxing commission to cement the body's future in the Olympic movement. The IOC ran the last two Olympic boxing tournaments, but has repeatedly said a new governing body must run future tournaments if boxing stays on the program. ___
CBC
26-02-2025
- Politics
- CBC
IOC officially recognizes World Boxing as sport's governing body
The International Olympic Committee has taken a key step toward retaining boxing on the program for the Los Angeles Games in 2028 as it recognized a new governing body for the sport. The IOC board granted provisional recognition Wednesday to World Boxing, a group which was founded in 2023 as a breakaway from the long-established but troubled International Boxing Association, and has picked up many former IBA members. The IOC said World Boxing showed that 62 per cent of boxers from last year's Paris Olympics were affiliated with its members. The IOC added World Boxing "has demonstrated strong willingness and effort in enhancing good governance and implementation, to be compliant with the appropriate standards." Former boxing great Gennady Golovkin, who heads the commission tasked with establishing World Boxing as a credible body to run Olympic bouts, said it was an important moment but much work remained. "Receiving provisional Olympic recognition from the IOC is an important achievement and demonstrates that our sport is on the right path. This decision brings us one step closer to our main goal - preserving boxing at the Olympic Games," Golovkin said in a statement. The IOC suspended the IBA in 2019 following long-running disputes over governance, its finances and the integrity of bouts and judging, and took the rare step of banishing it from the Olympic movement entirely in 2023, shortly after the World Boxing breakaway. The IOC organized the boxing tournaments itself at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the Paris Games last year but said it needed a new partner in time for 2028. Since it was suspended, the IBA and its Russian president Umar Kremlev have continued to feud with the IOC, particularly over the rules on eligiblity for women's boxing at the Paris Olympics, with a focus on gold medallists Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting. The IBA said this month it planned to file criminal complaints against the IOC in the United States, France and Switzerland.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Boxing nears its spot on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic program as IOC recognizes new body
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has taken a key step toward retaining boxing on the program for the Los Angeles Games in 2028 as it recognized a new governing body for the sport. The IOC board granted provisional recognition Wednesday to World Boxing, a group which was founded in 2023 as a breakaway from the long-established but troubled International Boxing Association, and has picked up many former IBA members. The IOC said that World Boxing showed that 62% of boxers from last year's Paris Olympics were affiliated with its members. The IOC added that World Boxing 'has demonstrated strong willingness and effort in enhancing good governance and implementation, to be compliant with the appropriate standards.' See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. Former boxing great Gennady Golovkin, who heads the commission tasked with establishing World Boxing as a credible body to run Olympic bouts, said it was an important moment but much work remained. 'Receiving provisional Olympic recognition from the IOC is an important achievement and demonstrates that our sport is on the right path. This decision brings us one step closer to our main goal - preserving boxing at the Olympic Games," Golovkin said in a statement. The IOC suspended the IBA in 2019 following long-running disputes over governance, its finances and the integrity of bouts and judging, and took the rare step of banishing it from the Olympic movement entirely in 2023, shortly after the World Boxing breakaway. The IOC organized the boxing tournaments itself at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the Paris Games last year but said it needed a new partner in time for 2028. Since it was suspended, the IBA and its Russian president Umar Kremlev have continued to feud with the IOC, particularly over the rules on eligiblity for women's boxing at the Paris Olympics, with a focus on gold medalists Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting. The IBA said this month it planned to file criminal complaints against the IOC in the United States, France and Switzerland. ___ AP sports:
Associated Press
26-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Boxing nears its spot on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic program as IOC recognizes new body
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has taken a key step toward retaining boxing on the program for the Los Angeles Games in 2028 as it recognized a new governing body for the sport. The IOC board granted provisional recognition Wednesday to World Boxing, a group which was founded in 2023 as a breakaway from the long-established but troubled International Boxing Association, and has picked up many former IBA members. The IOC said that World Boxing showed that 62% of boxers from last year's Paris Olympics were affiliated with its members. The IOC added that World Boxing 'has demonstrated strong willingness and effort in enhancing good governance and implementation, to be compliant with the appropriate standards.' Former boxing great Gennady Golovkin, who heads the commission tasked with establishing World Boxing as a credible body to run Olympic bouts, said it was an important moment but much work remained. 'Receiving provisional Olympic recognition from the IOC is an important achievement and demonstrates that our sport is on the right path. This decision brings us one step closer to our main goal - preserving boxing at the Olympic Games,' Golovkin said in a statement. The IOC suspended the IBA in 2019 following long-running disputes over governance, its finances and the integrity of bouts and judging, and took the rare step of banishing it from the Olympic movement entirely in 2023, shortly after the World Boxing breakaway. The IOC organized the boxing tournaments itself at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the Paris Games last year but said it needed a new partner in time for 2028. Since it was suspended, the IBA and its Russian president Umar Kremlev have continued to feud with the IOC, particularly over the rules on eligiblity for women's boxing at the Paris Olympics, with a focus on gold medalists Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting. The IBA said this month it planned to file criminal complaints against the IOC in the United States, France and Switzerland. ___
