With the provisional exclusion of the Indian Boxing Federation (IBF), the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has suggested that a new national federation be floated to revive the country’s relations with the international boxing community.
The AIBA, which suspended the IBF on December 6, 2012 due to alleged irregularities in its elections held that year, said that it received “different claims from various groups of people on the way the sport of boxing was managed in India and it has therefore now become totally impossible for AIBA to make proper judgments in terms of handling the National Federation’s affairs in India.”
AIBA president Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu said: “It has become impossible for us to bear the hard feelings, the pain and suffering the boxers as well as the boxing family in India had to go through under the past and recent leadership, which has also been damaging the image, reputation and interest of our sport in the country.”
The AIBA will make a final decision and rehabilitate a national federation as soon as it deems that it has found the right group of people who will support its principles.
However, “boxers and coaches will remain protected and authorised to compete at any competition at all levels under the AIBA flag.”
