The International Boxing Association (IBA) has had its rights to organize boxing events at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 revoked by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to ongoing concerns over organizational governance. This makes this the second consecutive Olympics in which the IOC will organize events without the International Federation, and it…
The modern Olympic Games, often known as the Olympics or Jeux olympiques in French, are the most important international athletic occasions that include summer and winter sports competitions. Thousands of athletes from all over the world compete in these events. The Olympic Games are regarded as the biggest sporting event in the world, drawing athletes…
The boxing competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has changed over the years and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table. Until 1936, weights were measured in pounds, and from 1948 onwards, weights were measured…
Despite the difficulties our International Federation, the International Boxing Association (IBA), previously AIBA, had over the past three years, the IOC has been crucial in preserving the sport of boxing inside the Olympic program. The IOC invested heavily in amateur Olympic-style boxing by creating a Boxing Task Force to oversee all aspects of qualification as…