WORLD BOXING have acquired the backing of a former heavyweight champion as they bid to make sure boxing stays part of the Olympic Program.
Wladimir Klitschko received the super-heavyweight gold medal for Ukraine within the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta earlier than occurring to be a dominant drive within the skilled ranks. Klitschko was a two-time WBO world champion and in addition unified the division earlier than retiring in August 2017.
In a specifically recorded 39-second video clip the 48-year-old defined why boxing needs to be retained for the following Olympic Video games in Los Angeles in 2028.
“Boxing is among the most spectacular and oldest sports activities within the Olympic program,” he mentioned.
“Talking because the 1996 Olympic Champion I wish to advocate that boxing have to be secure for LA2028.
“Boxing stands as an excellent sport and is so good at delivering on the values of the Olympic Constitution by means of the range of the athletes and within the variety of nations collaborating. I assist World Boxing, and its President Boris van der Vorst of their efforts to attain this objective and consider they’ll hold the Olympic dream of boxers alive.”
The IOC (Impartial Olympic Committee) plan to make their resolution on boxing’s participation on the subsequent Video games subsequent 12 months. World Boxing have made it their mission to take the reins and lead the game again to this system in 4 years’ time.
“Wladimir Klitschko is among the most generally admired boxers within the latest historical past of the game, who has achieved an unlimited quantity each inside and outdoors of the ring, so it’s nice for World Boxing to have the assist of such a massively revered and educated determine,” mentioned van der Vorst.
“That Vladimir has chosen to specific his public assist for World Boxing is a transparent sign of the widespread recognition amongst those who care in regards to the sport [and] of the necessity for change in worldwide boxing and the crucial significance of guaranteeing that boxing is restored to this system for Los Angles 2028 and continues to stay part of the Olympic Motion.”
Final month former middleweight king Gennadiy Golovkin was appointed chair of World Boxing’s Olympic Fee. The 42-year-old mentioned it’s his “prime precedence” to protect boxing’s standing as an Olympic sport.
