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THE DIRTY SECRETS THAT COULD KNOCKOUT OLYMPIC BOXING
Ognian Georgiev/Bulgaria Today
Hidden documents, dirty bargains and corruption attempts on the highest level are some of the reasons for the heaviest blow that boxing could take in its 115-years history as part of the Olympic Games. The fate of the sport will be decided on March 27 in Lausanne. IOC Executive board will have a meeting, where an ad-hoc Inquiry Committee, chaired by the president of International wrestling world body Nenad Lalovic, will summarize all the current problems of International boxing association (AIBA) (Update, March 26, 10.04 CET: The case of AIBA was moved to Thursday, March 28. The reason: The pressconference of Thomas Bach, set for March 27, to do not be overwhelmed by boxing questions).
The Fate of the Olympic boxing will be decided on Wednesday by IOC’s Executive Board.
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IOC to review Olympic boxing, requests revenues audit
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will make a review of International Boxing Association (AIBA) and Olympic boxing after the Rio Games. The sport will be reevaluated after the scandals with controversial scoring during the Olympic boxing tournament. “Clearly, any issues raised in the sport will form part of this consideration,” confirmed the IOC via its communication department to Fightnews.com®.
Thomas Bach, photo credit: Mohan http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/Wiki
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