LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday thrashed out the plan for the boxing qualification and competition for next year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics as it looks to run them without the suspended international boxing federation AIBA.
At least 300 boxers from 27 countries have confirmed their participation in an international boxing championship in Indonesia next month, the organizers said on Tuesday.
The International Olympic Committee recommended Wednesday that amateur boxing’s governing body be stripped of its right to organise the event at Tokyo 2020, but said the sport should still feature at the Games.
AIBA, the embattled amateur boxing federation faces an Olympic inquiry on Monday fearing it could be punished for forcing out a longtime IOC member as its president.
Amateur boxing’s world governing body, AIBA, is planning to up the ante in its fight with the International Olympic Committee by filing a lawsuit if it is stripped of its right to run the sport in the run-up to Tokyo 2020.
Following in the footsteps of cricket, football and kabaddi, boxing is all set to roll out its own franchise-based league. The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) will run the tournament, called Big Bout-Indian Boxing League from July 20 to August 11 this year.
Sadaf Khadem, an Iranian who became the first woman from her country to contest an official boxing match, says she has cancelled her return home from France after hearing a warrant had been issued for her arrest.
Caretaker boxing chief Mohamed Moustahsane says he’s confident the troubled AIBA will get the green light to run the sport at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) – Amateur boxing’s governing body (AIBA) appointed Moroccan Mohamed Moustahsane as interim president on Friday, replacing Gafur Rahimov who stepped aside a week ago.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Amateur boxing’s governing body AIBA says that uncertainty over the sport’s participation in next year’s Olympic Games is a disaster for boxers who have been left in limbo.