On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee temporarily accepted the newly formed World Boxing as the authority in charge of the sport at future Games.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) cut ties with the International Boxing Association (IBA), the long-standing governing body of amateur boxing, over financial, governance, and ethical concerns, and took over the sport’s structure at last year’s Paris Olympics.
The IBA is chaired by Umar Kremlev, a Kremlin-linked Russian. World Boxing was created in 2023 and now has 78 members, lead by the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, and Brazil.
IOC President Thomas Bach had advised boxing’s national federations that they needed to find a new and “reliable” international partner if the sport was to be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics schedule.
In a statement acknowledging World Boxing as the sport’s amateur federation, the IOC stated that the group “has demonstrated strong willingness and effort in enhancing good governance and implementation, to be compliant with the appropriate standards”.
