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Liverpool to Host Inaugural World Boxing Championships

Liverpool will host for the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 from September 4-14 at M&S Bank Arena, the first Elite-level global championship for men and women hosted by the international federation. The action will feature competition in 10 weight classes for both men and women and will be the first time that male and female […]

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The United States' Duke Ragan, left, exchanges punches with Ghana's Samuel Takyi during their men's featherweight 57-kg semifinal boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

World Boxing Works to Add New Members for IOC Recognition

World Boxing told The Associated Press on Thursday it is holding talks with up to 30 new members on top of its existing group as it seeks to be the International Olympic Committee’s preferred partner to run boxing tournaments at the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. World Boxing announced in March that it […]

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Boris van der Vorst addressed the World Boxing delegation after being elected its inaugural president. World Boxing photo

World Boxing Elects Boris van der Vorst as First President

Boris van der Vorst has been elected as the inaugural president of World Boxing at its Congress in Frankfurt and will serve a two-year term after winning 63% of the vote in a runoff against USA Boxing representative Elise Seignolle. The presidential election was one of a series of votes at the Congress, which was […]

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Organizers for the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles present its recommendations to the sports program at Monday's IOC Session meetings in Mumbai, which were approved. Photo via International Olympic Committee.

Olympics: Baseball, Softball, Cricket, Flag Football Among Sports on LA28 Program

The LA28 sports program was officially confirmed by the International Olympic Committee during its annual session on Monday in India with baseball/softball, flag football, cricket, lacrosse and squash providing a mix of new and returning sports to the Olympic Summer Games. All five were voted in as a single package with two “no” votes from […]

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World Boxing Adds Six New Members, Hires Ethics Chief

World Boxing, the new international federation established to keep boxing in the Olympic Movement, has announced six new members as well as the hiring of Jack Anderson as its first ethics chief. The national federations for boxing in Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Honduras and Sweden have become members of World Boxing. The addition of these […]

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World Boxing Announces Inaugural Six Members

World Boxing has announced its inaugural six members of the new international federation with USA Boxing, New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia, Great Britain Boxing, England Boxing and the Dutch Boxing Federation confirmed as members of the organization, established to keep boxing as part of the Olympics. All six countries have completed the application process and […]

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USA Boxing Resigns from IBA to Join World Boxing

USA Boxing has ended its membership with the International Boxing Association to join World Boxing, USA Boxing Executive Director Mike McAtee wrote to members of the national governing body this week. “USA Boxing is committed to work tirelessly with World Boxing, like-minded National Federations and worldwide Olympic-style boxing community to earn the privilege to be […]

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The United States' Duke Ragan, left, exchanges punches with Ghana's Samuel Takyi during their men's featherweight 57-kg semifinal boxing match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

World Boxing Established to Secure Sport’s Olympic Future

A collection of boxing leaders from across the world, including USA Boxing, have created a new, not-for-profit, international federation called World Boxing which aims to ensure that boxing remains a part of future Olympic Summer Games and is the formal breakaway for many international federations from the International Boxing Association, which has been in a […]

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