World Boxing has welcomed the choice by the Government Board (EB) of the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) to suggest the inclusion of boxing on the sports activities program of the Olympic Video games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28), to the 144th Session of the IOC that may happen in Costa Navarino, Greece, this week (March 19-21, 2025).
Offered the IOC Session votes to approve the EB’s proposal when it meets this week, boxing shall be restored to the competitors program for LA28.
The President of World Boxing, Boris van der Vorst, stated: “This can be a very important and vital resolution for Olympic boxing and takes the game one step nearer to being restored to the Olympic program.
“I’ve little question it is going to be very positively acquired by everybody linked with boxing, at each degree all through the world, who understands the essential significance to the way forward for the game of boxing persevering with to stay part of the Olympic Motion.
Boxing strikes a big step in the direction of inclusion at #LA2028.@iocmediapic.twitter.com/JSIBwIq8c8
— World Boxing Information (@WorldBoxingNews) March 17, 2025
“On behalf of everybody at World Boxing I wish to thank the EB of the IOC for the belief they’ve positioned in our group, and we hope for a optimistic end result when the IOC Session meets this week.
“World Boxing understands that being a part of the Olympic Video games is a privilege and never a proper and I guarantee the IOC that if boxing is restored to this system for LA28, that World Boxing is totally dedicated to being a reliable and dependable associate that may adhere to and uphold the values of the Olympic Constitution.”
World Boxing was launched in April 2023 with a mission to make sure that boxing stays on the coronary heart of the Olympic motion.
It held its first formal assembly with the IOC in Could 2024 and on February 26, 2025, it was granted provisional recognition by the IOC because the Worldwide Federation (IF) throughout the Olympic Motion governing the game of boxing at world degree.
