Thursday, 3 May 2012

Professional boxers will fight in Rio, says AIBA chief (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 50 professional boxers will compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, according to International Boxing Association (AIBA) president Wu Ching-Kuo. "They will definitely be in Rio," Wu told Reuters in London where he was watching the final of the AIBA's World Series of Boxing (WSB) season between Dynamo Moscow and Milano Thunder. "Look at the Olympic program of other sports like basketball, volleyball and handball, they have professionals and we are the only organization that doesn't," he said. ...

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