Professional boxers set to become eligible to compete at Rio Olympics

Reform of AIBA's eligibility criteria has been top of Wu's agenda since he was elected president of the organisation in 2006.

Top professional boxers will become eligible to compete in this summer's Rio Olympics under radical new proposals being pushed through by the sport's world governing body, AIBA.

Its president, Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, has indicated that the last remaining barriers preventing full-time professionals competing in the Games are set to be abolished within a matter of months.