In early February, World Boxing announced that they admitted 4 new members: Egypt, Gambia (Africa), Grenada (Central America) and Kiribati (Oceania). Earlier, at the end of January, World Boxing was admitted to France, Turkmenistan, Poland, Iran, Croatia, Nepal, Malaysia and Samoa, there were 72 members.
One of the main reasons for World Boxing to receive a series of new members comes from their change. In the latest World Boxing rule, the organization does not require separatists from the International Boxing Association (IBA). Accordingly, the National Federation can maintain parallel to the presence in both organizations.
This new regulation of World Boxing has helped them to admit some countries that are “strongholds” of IBA such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. For continental level federations, it is impossible to approve the decision to join the World Boxing, this organization has supported the establishment of new continental federations. They operate in parallel to serve the World Boxing.
Actually, World Boxing seems to be operating and developing at a very fast speed. This is aimed at serving the necessary rules to pass the boxing in the 2028 Olympic competition program, with IOC and World Boxing. However, the fact that IOC and World Boxing is still limited.
The first minus point of IOC and World Boxing is that they cannot completely control member states. In countries like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, there are still strong groups supporting IBA to manage the domestic boxing. Czech Republic, Australia and some other countries have established a new national federation, and they are immediately financially supported by IBA.
Secondly, the neutral world of many European countries is a great obstacle for the World Boxing. Switzerland has withdrawn from IBA, but immediately turned his head. The Republic of Ireland is similar. They once announced the boycott of world championships 2023 for political reasons, but decided to attend the tournament in 2025.
Finally, IOC received negative feedback from two female fighters allowed to play at the Paris Olympic Games. This is a testament to the decisions of IOC is not based on objective and pure evidence. That is the real value of an organization that is needed to run Boxing.
The process of preparing the records of IOC and World Boxing is even more accelerated at this time, in the context of IOC is about to elect the new president. In addition, geopolitical effects on international sports are also more unpredictable for IOC in the management of boxing, after the recent controversial decisions.