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With boxings status at the Olympics in doubt, the IOC was not impressed on Saturday with the leadership election of the sports governing body that was stripped of recognition in 2019.

The International Boxing Association Board of Directors will allow the Russian Boxing Federation to vote in the upcoming Extraordinary Congress here in Istanbul.

GENEVA—The challenger to the Russian incumbent in a presidential election at the troubled International Boxing Association (IBA) was ruled ineligible Thursday, a day before the vote. Dutch boxing federation president Boris van der Vorst was taken out of Friday’s election by an independent vetting panel after an investigation of complaints…

The International Boxing Association is expected to hold its Presidential election tomorrow instead of today, to allow time for the Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal of the challenger Boris van der Vorst to be considered.

Dutch Boxing Federation President Boris van der Vorst, who was to stand as a candidate for the Presidency of the International Boxing Association tomorrow, has been deemed ineligible by the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit.

On Monday, Vladimir Putin presided over Russia's lavish annual Victory Day parade in Moscow’s Red Square. Yet some 48 hours earlier, 6,000 miles away in Las Vegas, another prominent Russian, the boxer Dmitry Bivol, had literally championed his nation’s dubious cause with his own victory parade.

International Boxing Association President Umar Kremlev pledged to continue striving for gender equality during the Opening Ceremony of the Women's World Boxing Championships here at the Başakşehir Youth and Sports Facility in Istanbul.

The IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2022 were opened in Istanbul on May 8 by IBA President Umar Kremlev

Kenya face an uphill task in ensuring her boxers land within the medal bracket as the World Women Boxing Championships start in Istanbul, Turkey tonight.