Follow usUSA Boxing has accused the world boxing governing body (IBA) of trying to “sabotage” qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after it went against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by releasing its own system.
USA Boxing releases update regarding recently announced "qualification guidelines" to the Paris 2024 Olympics.https://t.co/XhLip8Sekj pic.twitter.com/xL8THgakDD
— USA Boxing (@USABoxing) February 20, 2023
A letter has been issued by USA Boxing executive director Mike McAtee to the national governing body’s members condemning the IBA’s Olympic qualification criteria as “false and misleading”.
“USA Boxing condemns in the strongest possible terms this attempt by IBA to confuse boxers from around the world, knowing full well that IBA is not associated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) nor the IOC’s published Qualification System Games of the XXXIII Olympiad-Paris 2024 for Boxing,” the body said in a statement.
“IBA is, at best, incompetent. At worst, USA Boxing believes this may be an attempt to sabotage the Olympic
Qualification for Paris Olympic Games.”
The IOC has stripped the IBA of the rights to run the boxing at Paris 2024, including qualification competitions, due to concerns over governance issues within the organization.
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