(OCT 30) RENES, Switzerland
-- World Boxing, the International Federation established to
ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement, now
has 51 members after it approved seven new applications from the
National Federations for boxing in Andorra, Belgium, Iraq,
Lithuania, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Thailand.
All of the applications have been approved by World Boxing’s
Executive Board and significantly enhance its global footprint.
Madagascar is the third African nation to join after Nigeria and
Algeria. Iraq is the first Arab country to become a member.
The addition of the Thailand Boxing Association, whose President
Mr. Pichai Chunhavajira has been the President of the Asian
Boxing Confederation since March 2022, boosts World Boxing’s
influence in the region, where it now has 11 members including
India, Japan, Bhutan, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan,
Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines and Singapore.
The announcement of the seven new members comes in the same week
that World Boxing is staging its first global championships, the
U19 World Boxing Championships, at the Pueblo Convention Center
in Colorado USA, October 26 – November 2, 2024.
The Championships will be followed on Sunday, November 3, 2024,
by World Boxing’s second annual Congress.
All seven of the new National Federations have completed a
rigorous application process to join World Boxing. They are
deemed to be in good standing and, through their statutes and
operating processes, able to demonstrate:
• A transparent and open election process for the appointment of
office bearing roles
• The existence and operation of WADA-recognized anti-doping
policies and processes
• Evidence of a structured, dispute resolution and appeals
process that is either fully independent or subject to external
input
• Formal recognition by either their National Olympic Committee
(NOC) or Ministry for Sport
• A solid national and international boxing sports program
The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, said: “To
have surpassed the milestone of 50 members is hugely significant
for World Boxing and conclusive proof of both the desire for
change that exists in international boxing and the widespread
acknowledgement by so many National Federations that boxing has
to continue to be part of the Olympic Games.
“I would like to thank all of my colleagues and the other boxing
leaders across the world that have worked together with us to
reach this significant point in the evolution of World Boxing
and I look forward to working with other National Federations as
we continue to grow our membership further.
“The momentum is building, and I look forward to announcing more
members in the near future as we are continuing to process
applications from more and more countries who recognize that
joining World Boxing and is the only way of ensuring that their
boxers will be able to pursue their dreams of competing on the
biggest stage in sport at the Olympic Games.”
World Boxing was launched in April 2023. On May 7, 2024, it held
the first formal meeting with the IOC which signaled the start
of formal collaboration aimed at establishing a pathway for
boxing to remain in the Olympic Games.
On September 26, 2024, World Boxing announced that it had set-up
an Olympic Commission, chaired by President of the National
Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan, to support and assist the
process of developing a pathway to ensuring that boxing is
restored to the Olympic Games.
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