IOC recommends inclusion of boxing in 2028 Olympics
Estonian referee Moris Punho controversially declares China’s Wang Xiaomeng the winner of the light-heavyweight fight against Kenya’s Elizabeth Andiego at the 14th IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Nis, Serbia, on March 13, 2025.
The boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Games was run by the IOC after it had stripped the International Boxing Association of recognition in 2023 over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance.
The IOC had not included the sport on the initial LA 2028 programme, having urged national boxing federations to create a new global boxing body. World Boxing, now with more than 80 national federations as members, was launched in 2023.
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The International Olympic Committee executive board on Monday recommended the inclusion of boxing in the Los Angeles 2028 summer Olympics, ending a years-long saga regarding the sport's Olympic future.
