Carl Froch Shakes Head, Says Olympics Are No Place For Pros
Carl Froch has criticised the move to allow professional boxers to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympics, believing it would reduce the "prestige" involved in winning a gold medal.
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Amir Khan Applauds Decision, Wants Rep Pakistan in Olympics
Former world champion Amir Khan (31-4, 19KOs) Wednesday hailed the decision to allow professional boxers at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, saying he would love to represent the country of his parents´ birth, Pakistan.
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Pro Boxers Can Compete in Olympics: Rule Change Approved
Professional boxers can compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, if they qualify. An overwhelming vote by the sport's amateur governing body, known as AIBA, on Wednesday allows any boxer to try to qualify next month and earn selection for their national team. But AIBA's plan has been criticized across the professional ranks as a move toward dangerous mismatches between established boxers and inexperienced amateurs.
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WADA To Meet With AIBA, Shocking Allegations Over Drug Testing
The World Anti-Doping Agency will meet international amateur boxing's governing body (AIBA) in the next few weeks to inspect whether it has implemented recommendations to its anti-doping programmes following allegations it had conducted no out-of-competition tests in 2015.
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Arum Praises Pacquiao For Rejecting Offer To Fight in Olympics
The decision of eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao not to compete in the Rio de Janiero Olympic Games from August 6 to 21 has been welcomed all around.
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AIBA President Confident Pro Fighters Will Compete in Olympics
The president of AIBA, the international governing organization for boxing under the International Olympic Committee, is confident that professional boxers will be allowed to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Manny Pacquiao Has Until May 27th To Decide on Olympic Stint
Eight division world boxing champion and recently elected senator Manny Pacquiao has only until May 27 to decide on whether to fight in the Rio Olympic Games in the quest for the Philippines first gold medal.
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WBC Vows Two-Year Ban To Pros Who Compete in Olympics
Mauricio Sulaiman, President of the World Boxing Council, is taking a hard line with any ranked fighter who decides to compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics. AIBA sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships. The AIBA has been trying to build its own professional version of boxing, where boxers would retain their Olympic eligibility, through the team tournament league known as World Series of Boxing and AIBA Pro Boxing.
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Bob Arum: AIBA Think They Can Take Over Boxing - They Can't!
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has slammed as "total madness" a proposal to allow professional boxers to fight against amateurs in the Rio Olympics. The 84-year-old American, who has arranged fights for ring greats from Muhammad Ali to Manny Pacquiao in a career spanning more than 50 years, believes boxers could be seriously hurt if the plan by the sport's governing body, the International Boxing Association (AIBA), goes ahead.
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Bronze and Better or Bust for Fuchs at World Championships
Houston's Virginia Fuchs will have to finish in the top four at the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships, May 19-27, in Astana, Kazakhstan, to earn a berth at the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro this summer. Fuchs' American teammates, lightweight Mikaela Mayer and middleweight Claressa Shields have already qualified for Rio but will nevertheless also be competing at the world championships.
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