The final chance world qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Olympics could be under threat if action cannot restart by May or the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decide not to delay the Games in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
There is a two-stage qualification for the Tokyo Games, with boxers who do not qualifying via the four Continental tournaments getting a second chance of making it to the Games via a World qualification tournament.
The Africa and Asia/Oceania tournament were completed, in Dakar and Amman respectively, but the European tournament was suspended after three days of a scheduled 11, with 16 of the 77 available quota places allocated.
The Americas event, which was due to start in Buenos Aires next week with 49 quota places available, has been called off, while preparation for the world qualifier, due to take place in May on the outskirts of Paris, is now on hold.
With the IOC not publicly willing to consider a delay to the Games, which are due to start on July 24, time is short to complete qualification.
The Boxing Task Force, which was put in charge of Olympic boxing after AIBA was barred from running boxing at the Olympics, says it wants the qualification process to be completed in May and June. That timescale already looks tight.
If they cannot complete the continental qualifiers by mid-May one option would be to scrap the world qualifier. The 50-56 quota places due to be available there could be redistributed among boxers who narrowly failed to qualify or be distributed by the tripartite commission, which issues invitations to under-represented countries.
It is understood that UK Sport, the government agency that came up with the money to stage the qualifier in London, has expressed an interest in staging any rearranged European qualifier, but another option might to finish just relocate it to Paris.
If the Olympics are postponed, the 114 boxers who have already qualified have been assured their place is safe.