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IOC backs boxing inclusion in LA 2028 Games amid past disputes

The IOC backs the inclusion of boxing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics amid past disputes in finding a new governing body for the sport.

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IOC BACKS BOXING INCLUSION IN LA GAMES AFTER GETTING EXECUTIVE BOARD’S NOD

The IOC backs the inclusion of boxing in the 2028 LA Games program after the executive board approved it on Monday.

Furthermore, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Back confirmed the board’s approval.

Moreover, a full IOC session is awaited to be signed off later this week to make it official.

“I am very confident that the session will approve it so that all the boxers of the world then have certainty that they can participate in the Olympic Games L.A. 2028 if their national federation is recognized by World Boxing,” Bach said.

His remarks came after IOC recognized World Boxing as the new governing body for the sport last month.

IOC Executive Board puts boxing forward to the IOC Session for inclusion at @LA28.
IOC President Thomas Bach announces proposal at press briefing. pic.twitter.com/N2x4vSmKtf

— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) March 17, 2025

IBA TIES WITH IOC BROKE DOWN, LEADING TO SEARCH FOR NEW PARTNER FOR 2028

The International Boxing Association (IBA) lost ties with the IOC, which organized boxing tournaments in the 2021c Tokyo Olympics and the 2024 Paris Games.

Moreover, the IOC remained steadfast in looking for a new partner for boxing, until World Boxing came into the picture.

Furthermore, the IBA was suspended by the IOC in 2019 following issues on governance, finances, and the integrity of bouts and judging.

The IOC then banished the IBA from the Olympic movement completely in 2023.

This came after a breakaway group led to the formation of World Boxing.

🥊 World Boxing has welcomed the decision by the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee to propose the inclusion of boxing on the sports programme of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028, to the 144th Session of the IOC.  

👉 Read more: https://t.co/jrUcQ9QL6B pic.twitter.com/T3zb9fcgkA

— World Boxing (@RealWorldBoxing) March 17, 2025

IBA RESUMES FEUD WITH IOC OVER WOMEN’S BOXING ELIGIBILITY IN PARIS GAMES

The IBA resumed its feud with the IOC, particularly over the eligibility of women’s boxing rules in the Paris Games.

Furthermore, criminal complaints are being prepared by the IBA against the IOC in the United States, France, and Switzerland.

Moreover, the IBA’s Russian president Umsar Kremlev are spearheading that group’s resolve to get back at Bach and the IOC.

Boxing has been in the Olympics since 1904.

The last time the Games did not have boxing in the full program was in 1912.

BREAKING: Boxing is anticipated to be included back into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, IOC President Thomas Bach announced Monday. The tournaments will be organized by World Boxing, the newly recognized governing body working to secure the sport’s place in the Games.

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— Source of Boxing (@Sourceofboxing) March 17, 2025