Wu Ching-Kuo, the head of the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) has proposed that professionals be allowed to compete in Olympic boxing. He is working to make the change effective before the upcoming Rio games.
Unbeknownst to most people (including me), AIBA passed a rule in 2013 that opened Olympic competition to boxers that had fewer than 15 paid fights. By all accounts, most individual national federations are paying no heed. They continue to concentrate solely on grooming full-fledged amateurs for their Olympic squads.
Ching-Kuo's proposal has inevitably sparked talk that Floyd Mayweather Jr. may be lured back to the ring by the prospect of winning the gold medal that was denied him in 1996 when, at age 19, he lost a controversial decision to a Bulgarian who was eight years older.
According to an article in the London Guardian, if the proposed rule change takes effect, national teams may adopt it on a piecemeal basis, slotting in a professional "at a weight at which they do not consider to have current medal or qualification potential."
Unbeknownst to most people (including me), AIBA passed a rule in 2013 that opened Olympic competition to boxers that had fewer than 15 paid fights. By all accounts, most individual national federations are paying no heed. They continue to concentrate solely on grooming full-fledged amateurs for their Olympic squads.
Ching-Kuo's proposal has inevitably sparked talk that Floyd Mayweather Jr. may be lured back to the ring by the prospect of winning the gold medal that was denied him in 1996 when, at age 19, he lost a controversial decision to a Bulgarian who was eight years older.
According to an article in the London Guardian, if the proposed rule change takes effect, national teams may adopt it on a piecemeal basis, slotting in a professional "at a weight at which they do not consider to have current medal or qualification potential."
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