Decision on boxing's Olympic future to be made in 2025

The IOC has not included the sport on the LA 2028 programme yet and has urged national boxing federations to create a new global boxing body or risk missing out on the Olympics in four years' time.

Ireland's Daina Moorehouse in action against Wassila Lkhadiri of France during their women's 50Kg round of 16 bout. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

A decision on boxing's inclusion at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has to be made in 2025, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on Friday.

The boxing competition at the Paris Olympics is being run by the IOC after it stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition last year over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance.