• New organisation to be in place by June
Amateur boxing’s governing body, Aiba, has been stripped of its right to host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic boxing tournament.
However the International Olympic Committee has confirmed that boxing will continue as an Olympic sport in Tokyo under a new task force chaired by the president of the International gymnastic federation Morinari Watanabe.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/22/aiba-stripped-of-right-to-run-boxing-tokyo-olympics under the title “Aiba stripped of right to run boxing tournament at Tokyo Olympics”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.