Olympic Boxing Task News Today

New Zealand Boxing chairman Keith Walker has expressed "grave concerns" over the Olympic future of the sport and the questioned the direction of the International Boxing Association under Russian President Umar Kremlev.

Foreigners find it hard to believe that a boxing-crazy country like the Philippines has never won an Olympic gold medal in the sport.

Mandy Bujold, the boxing mother in a legal fight to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics The Canadian, who missed the rearranged qualification window due to maternity leave, is taking her case to Court of Arbitration for Sport 9 May 2021 • 8:30am Mandy Bujold is the only female boxer to win back-to-back titles at the Pan American Games Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK For those seeking concrete proof that female athletes still face battles in trying to reconcile a sporting career with motherhood, look no furth...

TORONTO (AP) — Mandy Bujold would have preferred fighting this battle in the ring. Instead, the Tokyo Olympics fate for Canada’s best boxer lies in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport after her qualifying tournament was scrapped due to the pandemic...

Bujold and her lawyer Sylvie Rodrigue were denied their appeal to the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday, leaving the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne her last chance to box in what would be her final Games. "I had been hopeful (about the IOCs decision)," Bujold said Wednesday morning. "But they did not even address the issues in our letter, which is really unfortunate, right? "You think of the Olympics and the principles of Olympism, you think about fairness, you think about...

Lori Ewing Mandy Bujold, right, of Ontario, lands a blow to the head of Kim Klavel, of Quebec, during their 51kg bout at the Canadian Olympic boxing trials, in Montreal, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes May 05, 2021 - 11:47 AM Mandy Bujold would have far preferred fighting this battle within the familiar ropes of the ring. Instead, the Tokyo Olympic fate for Canadas best boxer lies in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport after h...

But Bujold said in an email "we are disappointed and quite frankly surprised that neither the IOC or the (Olympic Boxing Task Force) have yet responded" to her lawyers letter sent April 23. "They have not reached out yet to indicate if they are planning to rectify the qualifying rules to accommodate female athletes who were pregnant or postpartum during the chosen qualifying period for Tokyo." After a competitive year wiped out by the global pandemic, the 11-time national flyweight champion had...

Lori Ewing April 30, 2021 - 9:11 AM Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold plans to take her fight for a berth in the Tokyo Olympics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Bujold and her lawyer Sylvie Rodrigue petitioned the International Olympic Committee for a berth based on her pregnancy and maternity leave, and had hoped for a decision by Friday. But Bujold said in an email "we are disappointed and quite frankly surprised that neither the IOC or the (Olympic Boxing Task Fo...