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That leaves boxing in Paris under the umbrella of the IOC’s Paris 2024 Boxing unit, which has more relaxed rules than the IBA and has chosen to disregard the results of Khelif’s and Yu-Ting ...
Boxing can now be confirmed on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic program, which the IOC and Bach withheld as leverage against IBA. Boxing is "guaranteed” to be in Los Angeles, members were told Thursday.
The letter arrived just days before the IOC stripped the IBA of its recognition as boxing’s organizing body over what the IOC has said were concerns about finances, judging and other improprieties.
Algeria's Imane Khelif, right, defeated, Italy's Angela Carini in their women's 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris.
Pursuant to the IOC's mission of attaining full gender equality, Paris 2024 instituted another significant change to the boxing program, with the number of weight categories for men reduced from eight to seven, ultimately removing the Middleweight division.
The IOC said the key criterion is the gender listed on the athlete's passport. [335] The IOC's decision was the subject of controversy and criticism, including from former boxing world champion Barry McGuigan and Australian boxing team captain Caitlin Parker. [336] [337] Controversy arose after Khelif defeated Italian boxer Angela Carini.
The IOC has appointed officials to run boxing at two straight Summer Games and acknowledged Monday the tournament rules for Paris are “descended from” those in place eight years ago at the Rio ...
The following day, the IOC issued a statement denouncing the IBA's original decision in 2023 as being "arbitrary" and "taken without any proper procedure." [4] [5] The IOC further stated: According to the IBA minutes available on their website, this decision was initially taken solely by the IBA Secretary General and CEO.