{"id":309002,"date":"2023-04-13T12:31:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T12:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/13\/breakaway-group-aims-to-save-boxings-olympic-status-boxing-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-13T12:31:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T12:31:43","slug":"breakaway-group-aims-to-save-boxings-olympic-status-boxing-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/13\/breakaway-group-aims-to-save-boxings-olympic-status-boxing-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakaway group aims to save boxing&#8217;s Olympic status | Boxing News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-99467655,imgsize-56004.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>LONDON: American and British boxing officials launched a breakaway group Thursday with the aim of saving boxing&#8217;s place at the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/tokyo-olympics-2021\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Olympics-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/tokyo-olympics-2021\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympics<\/a>.<br \/>The new federation, to be called <!-- -->World Boxing<!-- -->, is a rival to the 77-year-old International Boxing Association, which has been excluded from organising the sport at the Olympics amid longstanding concerns about fair judging and the <!-- -->IBA<!-- -->&#8216;s ties to Russia.<br \/>World Boxing will be based in Switzerland and have a board consisting of athletes and officials, including USA Boxing president <!-- -->Tyson Lee<!-- --> and GB Boxing chief executive Matthew Holt.<br \/>Lauren Price of Britain, a gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and silver medalist Richard Torrez Jr. of the United States are on the board as athlete representatives.<br \/>Elections for a president and a new board are planned for November.<br \/>A standoff between the IBA and the International Olympic Committee meant boxing was left off the initial program for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Boxing is part of next year&#8217;s <!-- -->Paris Olympics<!-- -->, but it will be organised by the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ioc\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-IOC-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ioc\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IOC<\/a>.<br \/>The IOC suspended the IBA in 2019 after years of concerns about its finances, governance and claims that fights at the 2016 Olympics were manipulated. Current IBA president <!-- -->Umar Kremlev<!-- --> took over in 2020, bringing financial backing from Russian state gas company Gazprom.<br \/>The IOC wants Russians to compete as neutral athletes in Olympic sports following the invasion of Ukraine, but Kremlev&#8217;s IBA has allowed them to fight at the world championships with national flags and anthems, drawing another rebuke from the IOC.<br \/>The United States and Britain were among more than 10 countries that announced boycotts of the recent women&#8217;s world championships and upcoming men&#8217;s world championships because of Russia&#8217;s position and wider concerns about the IBA. 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