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IOC spokesman calls the IBA 'unfit to run boxing'
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8/6/2024
The IOC criticised the International Boxing Association after they held a chaotic press conference on Monday.
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The one thing I will say about it is that it clearly demonstrates, it clearly demonstrates
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that the sport of boxing needs a new federation to run boxing.
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If you ever needed any evidence at all that the IBA is unfit to run boxing,
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just to look at the key members of the IBA who took part in that travesty yesterday,
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I think tells you everything you need to know.
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The sad thing is that boxing is an incredibly important Olympic sport.
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I think I've said this before.
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For us, it's important not just because it's a great sport,
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but because actually it's one of those sports that has a real social aspect to it.
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It often works in areas which are underprivileged.
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And so it's incredibly important.
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We would love to see boxing.
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We want to see boxing on the program in LA.
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And now it's up to the boxing community to organise themselves for the sport and for the athletes.
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