IABA vote to remove IBA references from its constitution

At an EGM in the National Stadium in Dublin on Saturday afternoon, the country's clubs voted overwhelmingly to begin the process of severing all links with the IBA. 

OLYMPIC STATUS: Kellie Harrington of Team Ireland walks out before her women's 60kg final bout against Wenlu Yang of Team People's Republic of China at Court Philippe-Chatrier in Roland Garros Stadium during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The IABA have voted to remove any references to the controversial global body, the International Boxing Association, in a move that will likely help Ireland's chances of competing at the Los Angeles Games in four years time. 

While the future of the sport at the Olympics remains far from certain, the IABA's continuing links with the disgraced IBA, which has been all but blacklisted by the International Olympic Committee, meant Ireland was at risk of being left very much on the fringes of any progress made.