IABA pull out of World Championships telling the IBA that they need to follow recommended reforms

Seriously, why can’t we send our boxers and still challenge and question and try make things better.

It’s absolutely wrong to deny our young, dedicated and brilliant men and women their desire to box in international tournaments, representing their country.

No. Nothing to do with “a fear our boxers get screwed over.” With or without all this there are always going to be calls of corruption and robbery.

It’s incessant in boxing fight from 11 years of age up. I see and hear it all the time.

This is a bad decision by suits. Let our boxers box, and leave them out of your moral crusading. In other words, p1ss off!

Claims of robbery and corruption? You’d have to ask the people shouting it every time a decision goes against their boxer. It’s a subjective judging based sport. Disagreements are inherent in this. And always will be.

I have no doubt IBA (like any other large global organization) has issues that need addressing.

Withdrawing our boxers from a global boxing tournament with pretty much no consultation with the boxers/clubs because of issues (issues that have been there years and will likely be there for more years) is wrong. And plenty plenty are of the same view if you read up on IABA postings.

Denying our boxers the chance to compete on the world stage here is not right.

Whatever.

Boycotting the WC here and denying dedicated and passionate boxers their chance to compete is wrong.

And there is a lot of disappointment and anger throughout clubs in Ireland.

IABA can challenge as much as they want, but do it in collaboration with allowing boxers box.

nobody is saying a stand can’t be taken.

Rio an absolute joke based off what, hype? Was there any conviction for any Rio based boxing verdict?

There were over 250 bouts boxed in Rio, and what, a small handful singled out for investigation. None shown to have involved cheating.

What exactly is the joke/revelation here? I’m at dozens tournaments every year and there are always a small number bouts where people are whingeing and moaning. That will NEVER change. It’s part of human nature in a subjective based sport.

and here we have a select few in IABA just pulling a trigger and sabotaging our boxers dreams. Disgraceful OTT decision/reaction.

Quite familiar, yes.

if McLaren did reports on all boxing tournaments pre Rio he’d probably come up with similar…

IABA were wrong to do what they have done here. And I don’t care what report is cited. They were wrong.

Do you agree with IABA withdrawing our boxers from WC?

What seems to have happened here though is that these IBA guys are believed to be even more corrupt than any previous incarnation. For example, they are allowing Russian and Belarussian boxers compete in their competitions - there is a genuine fear that they are so corrupt that they could easily cause boxing to be removed from the 2028 Olympics. We're talking about criminal levels of corruption, gangsters in suits.

For sure, not to mention drug use in sport etc. But the boxing association appears to be institutionally corrupt, with even the officials and the head guy taking bribes or whatever (you could level that accusation at some people within the IOC itself of course).

Exactly. No matter how honest and decent and disciplined and principled and professional referees and judges are you will always have assholes shouting robberies and corruption.