Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Moorehouse the latest Irish fighter to exit Worlds

Paris Olympian Daina Moorehouse suffered disappointment in her IBA Women's World Boxing Championships 50kg bout on Tuesday afternoon, losing to eighth seed Hu Meiyi of China on a split decision.

Boxing • 11 Mar

Michaela Walsh lost her first riound bout in Serbia

Ireland hoping pair of Olympians can get them off mark

Ireland will be hoping to get off the mark today at the IBA Women's World Championships after a disappointing start in Serbia.

Boxing • 11 Mar

Boxing may be absent from the 2028 Olympic Games if the IBA remains the dominant international body

World Boxing welcomes new Asian confederation

World Boxing has backed the newly-formed Asian boxing confederation to represent and promote the sport in the region, as its power struggle with the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) continues.

Boxing • 26 Nov 24

World Boxing championships in 2025, Ireland not aligned

World Boxing will host its inaugural world championships in Liverpool next year, the governing body said on Tuesday, as it continues efforts to establish itself as the sport's recognised international federation.

Boxing • 17 Sep 24

Kellie Harrington will be going for gold at the Paris Games

Prize money on offer for Olympic boxing medallists

The International Boxing Association (IBA) will offer prize money to all Olympic champions and medallists at this year's Paris Games.

Boxing • 29 May 24

Dublin's National Stadium plays host to tomorrow's vital vote

IABA poised for vote on World Boxing membership

The future pathway for Irish boxing is set to be decided at tomorrow's Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) Extraordinary General Meeting in Dublin.

Boxing • 25 Aug 23

The future of amateur boxing had been in doubt

IOC drops IBA but boxing will remain in Olympics

The International Olympic Committee executive board has recommended withdrawing recognition of the International Boxing Association (IBA) over its failure to meet a set of reforms but also confirmed that the sport would be part of the Paris and Los Angeles games.

Boxing • 07 Jun 23

The IBA continued their war of words with the IOC

IBA accuses IOC of intransigence over reforms

With boxing teetering on the brink of Olympic elimination, the International Boxing Association (IBA) told the International Olympic Committee it had met its reform criteria and any ban lacked legal basis.

Boxing • 05 Jun 23

World Boxing will attempt to keep boxing in the Olympics

New boxing organisation established to challenge IBA

A new international governing body has been established in amateur boxing in response to ongoing issues within the International Boxing Association (IBA).

Boxing • 13 Apr 23

The IBA and the IOC have been at loggerheads over Olympic qualification

IBA: European Games must be revoked as qualifiers

The European Games in Poland must be revoked as qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics because athletes from Russia and Belarus have been barred from competing, amateur boxing's Russian-led world body said on Thursday.

Boxing • 13 Apr 23

A total of 11 countries, including Ireland, are boycotting the championships

Complaint filed against countries boycotting boxing

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has opened disciplinary proceedings against several countries over their planned boycott of amateur world championships.

Boxing • 01 Mar 23

USA condemns IBA's 'misleading' Olympic qualifiers

The Russian-led International Boxing Association's (IBA's) announcement that its world championships are qualifiers for the 2024 Olympics is "false and misleading" and an attempt to sabotage qualification for the Paris Games, USA Boxing said.

Boxing • 21 Feb 23

The IBA are trying to put pressure on the IOC over Olympic qualifying

IBA step up battle with IOC over Olympic qualification

The International Boxing Association say that the IOC's qualifying process for boxing at next year's Paris Games is unacceptable and must recognise a world championships that many countries, including Ireland, are boycotting.

Boxing • 20 Feb 23

Olympic organisers keep world boxing body IBA in cold

Amateur boxing's Russian-led world body will stay shut out of the Olympics because it has yet to implement a "drastic" change of culture, said the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Boxing • 07 Dec 22

IABA condemns IBA's 'illegal' suspension of Ukraine

The Irish Athletic Boxing Association has condemned what it called the "illegal" suspension of the Ukrainian Boxing Federation from the world governing body, the IBA.

Boxing • 02 Oct 22

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