Last Updated: December 10, 2023, 10:08 IST
Umar Kremlev. (AFP Photo)
The International Boxing Association was expelled by the IOC earlier this 12 months from the Olympic motion.
Boxing gained’t miss the Olympic Games nevertheless it’s positively the opposite method round, says International Boxing Association (IBA) president Umar Kremlev whereas claiming the game will be half of Los Angeles 2028.
The IBA was expelled by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) earlier this 12 months. This was the primary time {that a} governing physique was eliminated by IOC in its 129-12 months-outdated historical past.
The IOC took the main step after a close to 4-12 months-lengthy dispute with IBA over monetary mismanagement, doubtful referring and governance points.
However, at the Ordinary Congress of the IBA, held in Dubai on Saturday, the governing physique’s president Umar Kremlev mentioned IOC makes cash from boxing and that Olympic Games will miss ‘one of the popular sports’.
“There is going to be boxing at LA 2028. And that’s only because it won’t be boxing that misses the Olympic games, it’s the Olympic games that will miss the event of boxing. Boxing is one of the most popular sports in the programme. The IOC makes money from boxing, and we want to see that money redistributed among the boxers,” The Indian Express quoted Kremlev as saying.
IBA gained’t be concerned in conducting boxing at the Paris Games subsequent 12 months whereas the occasion has been overlooked from the LA Games programme.
Earlier this 12 months, through the IOC session in Mumbai, committee chief Thomas Bach had mentioned there’ll be no boxing with the involvement of IBA.
“With the IBA there’s no ongoing process, for us the case is closed. There will be no boxing with IBA in the Olympic program. It’s done! Full stop!” Bach had mentioned.
IBA secretary common Chris Roberts has brushed apart any considerations with regards to boxing.
“Boxing is still going to be at the Olympics, there’s no reason to worry. For us, we’re just business as usual. Carry on doing what we’re doing,” the publication quoted Roberts as saying.
Thanks to the troubled relationship between IOC and IBA, a separate organisation known as World Boxing was fashioned to guarantee the game stays half of Olympic.
Several federations together with the likes of US, UK, Australia, Switzerland and Brazil terminated their IBA memberships within the wake of the battle however the German and Dutch federations remained half of each the teams.
USA (by a separate federation US Boxing) and Switzerland have since re-joined IBA whereas the memberships of German and Dutch federations have been terminated.
