In a one-on-one interview with Inside The Games, the International Boxing Association’s secretary general addresses the federation’s "combative relationship" with the International Olympic Committee and the future of the sport, including its uncertain status for Los Angeles 2028.

IBA President Umar Kremlev met with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and agreed to the organisation of a sporting event that would showcase some of the country's young talent. The IBA also pledged to support the grassroots of national boxing by improving facilities and providing equipment to facilitate training.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has reported that the IOC, through its respective NOCs, is interfering in the activities of the federations with the threat of "funding cuts as a result of their affiliation to the International Boxing Association". The IBA adds that it will "take appropriate action".

The decision to pay medal-winning boxers at the upcoming Paris Games by the International Boxing Association on Wednesday was met with an Olympic Committee ultimatum, which has in turn sparked uproar from the initiative’s promoter.

A lightning-quick response from the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, citing financial transparency as main motive for its rejection of the International Boxing Association’s plan to pay Paris 2024 medallists, exposes its tight squeeze on the boxing world regarding LA 2028 participation.

After setting a trend in boxing and seeing World Athletics follow through for the upcoming Olympics, the International Boxing Association (IBA) announced on Wednesday it plans to pay medallists while also guaranteeing them rights to future title fights, a groundbreaking decision in the sport.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has announced that it will invest over $80 million in prize money over the next four-year cycle to 2028, as well as unveiling the full schedule of events around the world.

More revelations have emerged from a prank call made to International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach in March. In it, the 70-year-old administrator made a number of allegations against Umar Kremlev, the president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), including that the Russian changed his name because of his "criminal past".

Baron Pierre de Coubertin conceived the Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century as a revival of the competition that had brought glory to ancient Greece, with an increasingly forgotten double motive: to defend sport against political interests and to celebrate amateurism.

Under the auspices of the IBA, the competition, which runs until next Sunday at the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban, South Africa, brings together boxers from several countries and pays tribute to one of the country's leaders, Nelson Mandela. There will be 12 women's and 13 men's weight categories.

In front of a packed Humo Arena, the first IBA Pro Flyweight World Champion was crowned at the IBA Champions' Night. Local favourite Hasanboy Dusmatov defeated Spain's Samuel Carmona by unanimous decision.

The body, which was established in 2023, said in a statement: "We want to fill the void left by the IOC's exclusion of the IBA as the governing body of boxing. World Boxing's response to the IOC's comments last Tuesday about the need for a new body "to keep boxing in the Olympic programme."

The International Boxing Association (IBA) said on Thursday: "We will use all legal means to prove that we are right. The organisation criticised the IOC's decision last Tuesday to maintain its exclusion "if boxing is part of the LA 2028 programme". "There is no alternative," insisted the IBA, which also said the IOC's decisions are "politicised".