The national boxing federations in Denmark, Mongolia, Panama [have left corrupt IBA and have] been confirmed as the latest four members of World Boxing, the new international federation established to keep boxing at the heart of the Olympic movement and support the growth and development of the sport at local, regional, national and international levels.  Mongolia, which has a proud tradition in boxing and has won seven Olympic medals since 1988, is the first National Federation from Asia to join World Boxing and means it now has members from five continents. Also, the national federation of French Polynesia is a new organization that has been approved by the country’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) and Sports Ministry.  It has never been affiliated to IBA and is the first National Federation to be recognised by World Boxing that has not been a member of IBA. The addition of these four countries means World Boxing now has sixteen members.

 

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 and will seek recognition from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and plans to work constructively and collaboratively to develop a pathway that will preserve boxing’s ongoing place on the Olympic competition programme at Los Angeles 2028 and beyond.

 

The first cohort of World Boxing members was made-up of USA Boxing, New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia, GB Boxing, England Boxing and the Dutch Boxing Federation.  They were joined in August 2023 by the National Federations for boxing in Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Honduras and Sweden.