LONDON: A group including the US and Britain announced a new world boxing federation on Thursday in a breakaway aimed at securing the troubled sport’s Olympic future.
Leaders of Swiss-registered World Boxing told a news conference they would seek recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The existing world body, the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) that was suspended by the IOC in 2019, denounced the move in a statement as an ‘orchestrated coup.’
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