PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee executive board on Wednesday recommended withdrawing recognition of the International Boxing Association (IBA) over its failure to meet a set of reforms, the Olympic body said in a statement.
"The report establishes that the IBA has failed to fulfil the conditions set by the IOC... for lifting the suspension of the IBA’s recognition."
In an IBA report sent to the IOC recently, the association blamed the Olympic body for intransigence and false statements.
The Swiss Boxing Federation last week became the latest national ruling body of the sport to leave IBA and join the rival boxing organisation.
The newly formed boxing body includes the United States and Britain as well as New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden, who joined the Swiss-registered World Boxing in April.
Persons:
Umar Kremlev, Karolos Grohmann, Gareth Jones, Ed Osmond
Organizations:
Olympic Committee, International Boxing Association, IOC, Olympic Games, IBA, Tokyo, Gazprom, Swiss Boxing Federation, Swiss, Boxing, Thomson
Locations:
Los, Russia, Ukraine, United States, Britain, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden