USA, UK and a group of other countries announced the creation of a new amateur boxing federation World Boxing.

This was reported by the press service of the new organization.

Such a move was made against the background of the conflict between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Boxing Association (IBA).. The goal is to keep boxing on the Summer Olympics program.

Until the first Congress, World Boxing will be led by representatives of the national federations of the USA, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, the Philippines and Sweden within the framework of the Provisional Executive Committee.

Recall that the IOC has deprived IBA tournaments of the status of qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. The president of the association is the Russian Umar Kremlev, who allowed the representatives of the Russian Federation and Belarus to compete under the flags of both countries, canceling all sanctions in full.

In addition, the bulk of IBA's expenses are covered by a sponsorship deal with the Russian company Gazprom.. The IOC also had questions about refereeing and other activities of the IBA, and the US and a number of European countries boycotted the 2023 men's and women's world championships under the auspices of the organization..

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Earlier, the well-known Ukrainian boxer Sirenko assessed the decision of the IBA to lift sanctions against Russian athletes.