Canada, Germany among six new members to join World Boxing

NEW DELHI: World Boxing, a new body seeking International Olympic Committee (IOC) recogni-tion to run the sport, announced the approval of six new members on Thursday, piling more pressure on the suspended and embattled International Boxing Association (IBA). The national federations of Cana-da, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Honduras and Sweden joined the new breakaway sports body, bringing the total number of members to 12.

World Boxing launched in April with a mission to keep boxing at the heart of the Olympic movement amid fears it might be excluded from future Games over the IBA’s failure to implement reforms. “World Boxing continues to attract high calibre national federations that want to emulate our principles and en-dorse our policies to put the boxers first and operate with rigorous governance practices,” World Boxing Secretary General Simon Toulson said in a statement.

New Zealand Boxing, Boxing Australia, England Boxing, GB Boxing and the Dutch Boxing Federation as well as the United States are already members. Agencies

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