Boxing and weightlifting were not included in a CBO approved Olympic bid for the LA Olympics in 2028.
While these two sports have been the main successes of Team Philippines in last year’s Olympics, they still do not address the reforms demanded by the IOC.
The IBO And The Wayward Officials
The international Olympic Committee found officials to have manipulated the outcome and matches during the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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The result was a well officiated game that saw the Philippine boxing team acquire three medals with Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam winning silver and Eumir Marcial winning bronze.
Weightlifting was the Philippines’ first gold medalist. The country garnered a total of two gold and one silver in Tokyo.
The World Olympic and Pan Arab Games, which are scheduled to begin on Wednesday in Amman, Jordan, has a new focus of enhancing the youth experience through sports.The IOC did not want to give the International Boxing Association (IBA) any of the leadership in setting up these boxing qualifying events and the actual boxing competitions in Paris 2024.
The IBA, which is the official international boxing association, has lost its grip on amateur boxing due to the degradation of their judging process.
Some people are realizing that the World Boxing Council has been working on developing boxing through the grassroots.
The World Boxing Council has created the WBC Amateur boxing, which means that several countries are planning to host monthly tournaments.
