Boxing may no longer be contested at the Olympic Games post 2024?

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

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Would be a travesty IMO. Ali, Foreman, Frazier Leonard, Jones Jr, Lewis, De La Hoya, Mayweather, Ward all the way through to modern stars like Golovkin, Loma, Joshua, Stevenson etc all came through that Olympic system.

[Citizen Koba]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...t-umar-kremlev


Boxing’s Olympic future plunged into further doubt after Iba backs president

• Governing body denies leadership challenge to Umar Kremlev
• Boxing dropped from 2028 Games amid IOC’s ‘grave concerns’

The Iba president, Umar Kremlev, talks to Vladimir ***** during an event in Moscow earlier this month. Photograph: Sputnik/Reuters



The future of Olympic boxing was plunged into further doubt on Sunday as delegates of the sport’s world governing body for amateurs, the International Boxing Association (Iba), voted emphatically against permitting a leadership challenge to the incumbent president, Umar Kremlev.
Kremlev was backed to continue by 106 votes to 36 at a special congress in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, after a 45-minute delay caused by a power cut. The verdict is widely assumed to shatter hopes of the sport reclaiming its place on the Olympic programme for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.



Olympic boxing at risk, IOC warns Iba chief amid fresh governance worries


After solidifying his status as the Iba president, Russia’s Kremlev delivered a bullish speech in which he appeared to prioritise a new path away from the Olympic Games, insisting: “We shouldn’t say Olympic boxing, we should say Iba boxing.”

In a speech laced with apparent barbs towards the International Olympic Committee [IOC], Kremlev told delegates: “I am working for you, not a side organisation,” and added: “No one else should have influence on the organisation.”

The congress was held because Dutch delegate Boris van der Vorst had successfully appealed against an earlier decision to prevent him challenging Kremlev’s leadership in May. Van der Vorst was deemed to have broken campaign rules by the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit, but the decision was subsequently overturned by the court of arbitration for sport [Cas].

In a statement, the [IOC] said it was “extremely concerned” about the circumstances surrounding the congress, specifically the voting procedure and the Iba’s decision to suspend the Ukrainian federation over perceived governmental concerns.

“Following these disturbing developments, the IOC [executive board] will have to fully review the situation at its next meeting,” the statement added. The IOC has already expressed “grave concerns” over Kremlev’s leadership of the Iba, and has left boxing off the initial list of sports for the 2028 Games.

As revealed by the Guardian, the IOC wrote to Kremlev in May to reiterate its concerns over the governance, integrity of judges and financial sustainability of the organisation he leads. The 39-year-old had claimed in April that Iba had “built trust and confidence” with the IOC.

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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...t-umar-kremlev


Boxing’s Olympic future plunged into further doubt after Iba backs president

• Governing body denies leadership challenge to Umar Kremlev
• Boxing dropped from 2028 Games amid IOC’s ‘grave concerns’

The Iba president, Umar Kremlev, talks to Vladimir ***** during an event in Moscow earlier this month. Photograph: Sputnik/Reuters



The future of Olympic boxing was plunged into further doubt on Sunday as delegates of the sport’s world governing body for amateurs, the International Boxing Association (Iba), voted emphatically against permitting a leadership challenge to the incumbent president, Umar Kremlev.
Kremlev was backed to continue by 106 votes to 36 at a special congress in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, after a 45-minute delay caused by a power cut. The verdict is widely assumed to shatter hopes of the sport reclaiming its place on the Olympic programme for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.



Olympic boxing at risk, IOC warns Iba chief amid fresh governance worries


After solidifying his status as the Iba president, Russia’s Kremlev delivered a bullish speech in which he appeared to prioritise a new path away from the Olympic Games, insisting: “We shouldn’t say Olympic boxing, we should say Iba boxing.”

In a speech laced with apparent barbs towards the International Olympic Committee [IOC], Kremlev told delegates: “I am working for you, not a side organisation,” and added: “No one else should have influence on the organisation.”

The congress was held because Dutch delegate Boris van der Vorst had successfully appealed against an earlier decision to prevent him challenging Kremlev’s leadership in May. Van der Vorst was deemed to have broken campaign rules by the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit, but the decision was subsequently overturned by the court of arbitration for sport [Cas].

In a statement, the [IOC] said it was “extremely concerned” about the circumstances surrounding the congress, specifically the voting procedure and the Iba’s decision to suspend the Ukrainian federation over perceived governmental concerns.

“Following these disturbing developments, the IOC [executive board] will have to fully review the situation at its next meeting,” the statement added. The IOC has already expressed “grave concerns” over Kremlev’s leadership of the Iba, and has left boxing off the initial list of sports for the 2028 Games.

As revealed by the Guardian, the IOC wrote to Kremlev in May to reiterate its concerns over the governance, integrity of judges and financial sustainability of the organisation he leads. The 39-year-old had claimed in April that Iba had “built trust and confidence” with the IOC.

Hopefully this Kremlev get’s ousted. Surely the AIBA realise the Olympic Games is the biggest opportunity available for any Amateur boxer.

[Flickergrab98]

This is the last thing the sport needs right now. I don’t care what justification they give, this cannot be allowed to happen

[famicommander]

Amateur boxing is ten times as corrupt as pro boxing. It's a lost cause.

[NC Uppercut]

Man this is crazy af!!!! First hitting Ukraine; now boxing?
#notgood

[sicko]

the Corruption is completely out of control, Blow it all up and rebuild maybe bring it back 2028 but yeah it does need to be cleaned up

[Amir Imam]

Thanks to the IBA who are supporting Russia and won’t dismiss their Russian President who has been accused of corruption. Not fair to the kids who put in the work. Their needs to be a new organization over international boxing.

[The D3vil]

This is obvious Russophobia.

There's no reason to completely banish the sport, even if the head is corrupt.

Hell, track & field & soccer are corrupt as hell too, let's vanquish them from The Olympics.

Boxing is probably outside of track & field & maybe women's gymnastics, the most important sport in the history of the games.

Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Loma, Rigondeaux, Savon, Stevenson.

It's tragic to cut it out of the Olympics.

[Malvado]

The Olympics tends to produce outstanding talent, it is more difficult to attain a golden medal than a championship belt, so it is one of the biggest achievements amateur boxers can achieve. Why would they cut such an important tradition in professional boxing???