The Governing Council (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided that the boxing qualifiers and competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will not take place under the authority of the International Boxing Association (IBA). The decision focuses on the athletes and the need to provide certainty for the Olympic competitions and qualifiers leading up to Paris 2024. It follows the IBA’s ongoing and “very concerning” issues, such as its governance and the refereeing and jury system.
The IOC administration will exceptionally finalize alternative models for the organization of these boxing matches, in close cooperation with the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee and the athletes’ representatives. The results of these discussions and proposed recommendations will be presented to the IOC EB in due course.
Whether or not boxing will be included in the sports program of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will be discussed at a later stage.
The various IOC concerns surrounding the IBA’s governance, including the arbitration and judging process and its financial dependence on the state-owned company Gazprom, are still ongoing.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on June 14 that the decision of the IBA Interim Nominations Unit, which had ruled ineligible for presidential candidate Boris van der Vorst and three other election candidates the day before the scheduled IBA elections, had fallen over. The CAS arbitrator has accepted the reassignment request as suitable candidates. Furthermore, the CAS stated that Umar Kremlev had committed the same rule violation but was the only candidate to be admitted to the elections.
With regard to the planned IBA qualifier track to Paris 2024, the IOC EB noted that no host city agreements had been signed for the qualifiers and that there were not enough certified umpires and judges to deliver the planned events.
Following an investigation and report by an IOC Inquiry Committee in 2019, the recognition of the International Boxing Association (then called AIBA) was suspended by the IOC. This suspension is still in effect.
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Following the suspension, the IOC has set up a special Task Force tasked with handling the qualifying events for the boxing tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Led by IOC member and International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) President Morinari Watanabe, the Boxing Task Force provided a clear, fair and transparent path for boxers to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and ensured a fair and fair competition, both on the road to Tokyo and at the Games.
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