(JANUARY 25) RENES, Switzerland--
The new applications, which have been approved by the Executive Board of World
Boxing, are from the National Federations for boxing in France, Croatia, Poland,
Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Turkmenistan and Samoa, which is represented by
Independent Boxing Samoa.
All eight 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 add eight more
National Federations to our ever-increasing membership is another significant
step for World Boxing and further evidence of the widespread support, across the
sport, for our work to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic
Movement.
It is clear that the only way that boxing will be on the program for LA2028 is
for National Federations to support World Boxing and I invite all boxing leaders
that care about the future of the sport and their boxers to apply for membership
of our organization as we continue to grow and go from strength to strength.
A full list of the 68 National Federations that are members of World Boxing can
be viewed by clicking here: MEMBERSHIP - World Boxing.
World Boxing was launched in April 2023 and is committed to ensuring that boxing
remains at the heart of the Olympic movement.
On May 7, 2024, it held its first formal meeting with the IOC which signaled the
start of 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 the President of the National Olympic Committee of
Kazakhstan, Gennadiy Golovkin, to support and assist the process of developing a
pathway to ensuring that boxing is restored to the Games.
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