And after a rancorous build-up that has come in below even boxing’s lenient standards for poor taste, the opening bell can’t come soon enough.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jun/10/josh-taylor-and-teofimo-lopez-out-to-jump-start-stalled-ascents-in-title-fight

At the meeting in Yerevan, IBA members voted controversially against holding a new election for President and instead supported Umar Kremlev for a four-year term, a decision which further plunged boxing’s future in the Olympic Games into doubt.

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1133147/iba-boris-van-der-vorst-bribery-claim

The International Olympic Committee is due to hold a hastily-arranged Executive Board meeting tomorrow to discuss boxing’s future, against a backdrop of concerns that the sport could lose its position on the Olympic programme at LA 2028.

Source: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1137670/gb-boxing-apply-membership-world-boxing