By Victor Kanayo
Boxing is now ready to be included at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
This was disclosed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board following its recommendation.
“After the provisional recognition of World Boxing in February we were in a position to take this decision,” Bach said on Monday.
“This recommendation has to go to the session, but I am very confident they will approve it so that all the boxers of the world then have certainty they can participate in the Olympic Games in LA.”
The creation of a new global body was the biggest hurdle to the sport’s inclusion in the next Games.
The IOC has run boxing at the past two Olympics after the International Boxing Association (IBA) was suspended as the sport’s world governing body in 2019 over governance, finance, refereeing and ethical issues.
The Russian-led IBA was then stripped of its status in June 2023 over a failure to implement reforms.
World Boxing was formed in April 2023 and now has 84 members across five continents, including Great Britain.
The recommendation will still need to be approved by the IOC at this week’s session in Greece, but the outgoing IOC president expects it to be given the green light.
