A day prior to the 2023 Women’s World Boxing Championship beginning in New Delhi, the president of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Umar Kremlev continued his war of words with the International Olympic Committee about the Olympic qualifiers ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The premier organisation of boxing was suspended in 2019 by the IOC and the Tokyo Olympics qualification was handled by the Olympic committee itself. We are sure that all the boxers who support IBA will not participate in any other competitions organised by other organisations. “If the IOC wants boxing to be present at the Olympics, they need to cooperate with us, according to our constitution,” said Kremlev later in the conference. They’ve got to make an emphatic statement very soon … they’ve encouraged us to do everything we’re doing and advised us, but they could help more.”It didn’t take Kremlev long to swat away at the hint of a threat from a rival boxing federation’s plan to host its own World Boxing Championships.

Source: Stuff March 14, 2023 21:21 UTC