PARIS : Boxing must stay in the Olympic Games and the International Boxing Association (IBA) will do everything for it to happen but the sport also wants respect and will not be run by third parties, IBA President Umar Kremlev said.Kremlev told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday that any decision to exclu
PARIS : Boxing must stay in the Olympic Games and the International Boxing Association will do everything for it to happen but the sport also wants respect and will not be run by third parties, IBA President Umar Kremlev said.
"We would like IOC President Thomas Bach and all the executive board members and IOC members to know that we want to be part of the Olympics," Kremlev said. It has already provisionally excluded the sport from the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and has demanded immediate reforms but has warned repeatedly the IBA was not doing enough.
"We would like everyone to know that the IBA has accomplished 95 per cent of the recommendations," Kremlev added."We have wiped out the debts, ensured financial stability..." The IOC has repeatedly warned the IBA more needs to be done. Other issues such as a sponsorship deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom that has since been terminated further complicated the IBA's position with Russia invading Ukraine last year.
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