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USA Boxing barred...
FROM BACK PAGE of the IBA boxing family."
McAtee accused the IBA of failing to uphold the principles of its constitution and to respect the Olympic charter and movement.
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"USA Boxing is committed to work tirelessly with World Boxing, like-minded national federations and worldwide Olympic-style boxing community to earn the privilege to be part of the Olympic Movement now and in the years to come," he added.
Swiss-registered
World Boxing was set up this month by countries, including the United States and Britain, concerned about the troubled sport's Olympic future.
The IBA, led by Russian Umar Kremlev and suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2019, has denounced World Boxing as a "rogue" organisation.
Formerly AIBA, it filed an official complaint to the Boxing Independent Integrity Unit on Wednesday against the individuals and entities involved in the breakaway.
Boxing's place in the
