It is unclear if the sport of boxing would be contested in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States.
The International Olympic Committee executive board said they decided to withdraw the International Boxing Association during their recent IOC Session in Mumbai, India.'Following the IOC Session's decision to withdraw the recognition of the International Boxing Association , the IOC has not recognized another governing body for Olympic boxing,' a statement on Friday read. 'Therefore, any decision regarding the inclusion of boxing on the LA28 sports program is put on hold.
Other medalists included Anthony Villanueva who won a silver in Tokyo 1964; Leopoldo Serantes, who was a bronze medalist in Seoul 1988 and the Velasco brothers, Roel and Onyok, who won a bronze and silver medal in Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, respectively.At the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympics held in 2021, Nesthy Petecio gave the Philippines its first boxing medal since 1996, by winning silver in the women's featherweight division.
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