The International Olympic Committee's executive board has recommended the inclusion of boxing in the Los Angeles 2028 summer Olympics, ending a years-long saga regarding the sport's future in the games.
The IOC last month granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step towards the sport's inclusion in LA.
The boxing competition at the Paris 2024 Games was run by the IOC after it had stripped the International Boxing Association (IBA) of recognition in 2023 over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance.
Boxing has been Ireland's most successful sport in the summer Olympics, with Kellie Harrington's lightweight gold in Paris last summer the 19th medal - and fourth gold - that Irish boxers have secured in the ring.
The IOC last month granted provisional recognition to World Boxing in a major step towards the sport's inclusion in LA. This followed on from last October's move by the Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) to remove all references to the IBA from its constitution.
"After the provisional recognition of World Boxing in February we were in the position to take this decision so that this recommendation has to go to the session," IOC President Thomas Bach said. "I am confident the session will approve it."
The recommendation will now be put to a vote at the IOC session in Greece this week and is expected to pass easily, with boxing among the popular Olympic sports.
The IOC had not included the sport on the initial LA 2028 programme, having urged national boxing federations to create a new global boxing body. World Boxing, now with more than 80 national federations as members, was launched in 2023.
The IOC said only athletes whose national federations were members of World Boxing by the time of the start of the qualification events for the 2028 Olympics could take part in Los Angeles.
