In the evening of 22 and early June 23, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially approved the decision to delete the management status of Boxing level of the Olympic level of the International Boxing Association (IBA). Of the 80 IOC Executive Committee members participating in voting, 69 supporters decided to delete the name of IBA, 1 drum voter and 10 people absent.
Also in the notice of deleting the management status of Boxing Olympic level of IBA, IOC President Thomas Bach affirmed that this martial art would still be part of the Olympic Games 2024 and 2028. IOC confirmed that they could still operate the Olympic box without a international sports federation.
“We have no problem with the management of Boxing, nor there is a conflict with the athlete,” said President IOC. He added: “In contrast, we appreciate the athletes for honoring the value of this sport.
The IOC's decision was made after they had deprived the right to organize the IBA Tokyo Olympic Games. According to the IOC, they decided to eliminate the IBA from the game because of concerns related to the operation of the tournament and the scoring of the referee. In addition, the organization and financial situation of IBA are also commented by IOC as “problematic”.
The overflowing water drops that IBA was deprived of the right to organize tournaments of the Olympic system to take place at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It was the end of the term of former IBA CK WU. It is known that Mr. Ck Wu once concurrently members of the Executive Committee IOC. Wu even elected IOC president but lost to Mr. Thomas Bach, the incumbent president.
After CK Wu left the chair of the IBA chairman, the agency elected Mr. Gafur Rakhimov as a provisional president. By 2020, a Russian sports official, Umar Kremleev, was officially elected to be the Chairman of IBA. This is also the period when Ioc considering accused IBA to repeat the mistakes in the management, leading to the decision to deprive the rights as mentioned above.
“We appreciate the sports spirit in Boxing. But unfortunately, IOC encountered many particularly serious problems with IBA because of their management model,” said President IOC. He even commented that “Boxing athletes are absolutely deserved to be managed by a fair and transparent international sports federation”.
Agreeing with Mr. Thomas Bach, Secretary General Ioc Christophe de Kepper also said IBA did not adjust according to IOC's recommendations on conditions related to the reorganization of arbitration, anti -corruption and improving the financial situation. “IOC has patiently helped, but has no good response for many years. The last way is to erase the management status of IBA,” Kepper said.