{"id":383950,"date":"2024-04-11T22:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=383950"},"modified":"2024-04-12T02:06:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T02:06:06","slug":"boxings-olympic-future-in-doubt-after-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=383950","title":{"rendered":"Boxing&#039;s Olympic future in doubt after controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breakaway governing body World <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/boxing\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Boxing\">Boxing<\/a> says it is holding talks with 25 to 30 prospective new member nations as it seeks to be the International <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/olympics\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Olympic\">Olympic<\/a> Committee&#x27;s preferred partner to run boxing tournaments at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>World Boxing is seeking to supplant the International Boxing Association, which was expelled from the Olympic movement last year after a long-running dispute with the IOC over IBA finances, ties to Russia and concerns about poor or unfair judging of bouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in excess of 25, 30 countries asking us quickly if they can apply. And I think there\u2019s another 25, 30 countries behind them that are starting to assess the implications and how they can join,\u201d World Boxing secretary-general Simon Toulson said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-knights-roosters-result-highlights-video-adam-obrien-press-conference\/143b5bbd-85ae-4100-a9f1-1f1ce430fdfb\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Knights coach fumes at &#x27;two different standards&#x27;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Knights coach fumes at &#x27;two different standards&#x27;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ufeff<strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2024-kalyn-ponga-injury-andrew-johns-comments-knights-roosters-result-video-highlights\/7c5f2e60-85c8-4a32-9a79-0113ec00eadb\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Ponga injured as Knights fail to run down Roosters\ufeff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ponga injured as Knights fail to run down Roosters\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/motorsport\/supercars-news-2024-erebus-brodie-kostecki-co-driver-david-russell-to-premiair-racing\/f11499e1-a2e7-4f88-a9ba-dd88dbdfdaaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Embattled Supercars team loses another driver\ufeff\"><strong>Embattled Supercars team loses another driver\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toulson added that there was a \u201cmassive increase\u201d in interest since the decision to end IBA&#x27;s Olympic affiliation was upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on April 2.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"1d695a1c-189d-4c83-a0af-fc029a17de07\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/1d695a1c-189d-4c83-a0af-fc029a17de07\" alt=\"Shannan Davey (right) will step into the ring in Paris.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Formed last year, World Boxing currently lists 27 full members including the United States, England, Germany and the Philippines. But only one of those \u2014 Nigeria \u2014 is from Africa and two are from Asia. That lack of geographical diversity could be a drawback to any agreement with the IOC, which wants a new boxing partner in place early next year.<\/p>\n<p>Toulson added World Boxing membership from Africa and Asia would likely be \u201calmost at double figures\u201d for each continent when prospective members are included.<\/p>\n<p>The IOC is organising the Paris Olympic boxing events this year on its own but has warned it can&#x27;t keep doing so. Boxing might be off the Olympic program for 2028 without a new partner governing body, the IOC has said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Breakaway governing body World Boxing says it is holding talks with 25 to 30 prospective new member nations as it seeks to be the International <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=383950\" title=\"Boxing&#039;s Olympic future in doubt after controversy\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":383952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=383950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383953,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383950\/revisions\/383953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/383952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=383950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=383950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=383950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}