Boxing lovers can thank Uzbekistan.
After a long period of uncertainty, the boxing is on the right path to be included in 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Thomas BachThe Chairman of the International Olympic Committee said on Monday that the Executive Council headed by sport on the 2028 program.
The IOC full session of about 100 members of the decision -making vote later this week at a meeting in Costa Navarino, Greece, but this is usually formal. The session, which ends on Friday, will include the election of Khalifa for Bach, which ended for 12 years in June.
Boxing stay guarantee Olympic Sports was the subject of the two.
The International Language Committee has set the deadline for this IOC session to replace Russia, led by Russian International boxing.It was exiled from the Olympic Movement in June 2023 due to financial concerns and integrity. IOC ran boxing at the last Olympic Games in Paris and Tokyo But he didn’t want to continue to do so.
Enter Global boxingIt is the Switzerland, which is based in Switzerland, was established in 2023 by an international group of boxing officials, which included many former IBA members.
It was the key to the global boxing that acquired the confidence of the International Olympic Committee Inclusion of UzbekistanThe Central Asian country locked in the land, which includes 36 million people, won five out of 13 gold medals in Paris Olympics. Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Guatemala and Laos joined the world in November, which increased the body’s membership to 55.
In a statement at the time, World Boxing said, “The addition of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, two of the leading boxing countries in the world, is a major coup for global boxing.”
Global Buris Van de Forest said Associated Press Countries “realize that they are the only way to preserve the Olympic dreams of the boxers alive.”
Just seven months ago, the International Olympic Committee issued a warning boxing He was in danger of dropping it.
IOC said in April. Unfortunately, this is far from what is certain for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games because, for governance reasons, the International Olympic Committee is not in a position to organize another Olympic boxing championship.
“To maintain boxing in the Olympic Program, the International Olympic Committee needs a recognized and reliable international union as a partner, as is the case with all other Olympic sports.”
This union will formally become global boxing, and depends on the imminent vote for the IOC full session.
Bach, at the same time, ends with a loud but eventually successful period as head of the International Olympic Committee. Seven candidates are competing to replace it, including the Olympic Gold Medal Cyclamps Co Co Cycolia of Great Britain – which many are seen as the most qualified candidates – and the swimmer and political Zimbabwey Kirsty Coventry.
Others seek to become a president who are Juan Antonio Samranech Salisaj (the son of the former International Olympic Committee Chairman Juan Antonio Samarans)Prince Weissal Al -Hussein from Jordan, and heads of many Olympic sports bodies: Johan Elias from skiing, David Lapartor from biking and Mourinary Watanabi of gymnastics.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
