Umar Kremlev remains IBA president after association's extraordinary congress on Sunday voted against holding a new electionGetty Images
Umar Kremlev will "remain president of the International Boxing Association (IBA)" after its extraordinary congress on Sunday voted by a “significant majority against holding a new election, leaving the sport's Olympic future uncertain,” according to Hritika Sharma of REUTERS. Sunday's decision “cast new doubt” over boxing's efforts to preserve its Olympic spot beyond 2024, following a “series of warnings” from the IOC over IBA's governance. IBA, amateur boxing's world governing body, was “stripped of involvement in last year's Tokyo Olympics due to governance, finance, refereeing and ethical issues.” Boxing is "not on the initial programme" for the 2028 L.A. Games, while the IOC is "managing the Paris 2024 competition." IOC Sports Dir Kit McConnell earlier this month said that “slow-moving reforms and the IBA's financial dependence on Russian energy firm Gazprom, its biggest sponsor, were of grave concern” (REUTERS, 9/25).
