Mauritius and Uganda become the latest African countries to join this vehicle which will transport some boxers to the Olympic Games_
Mauritius has officially joined World Boxing, becoming part of the 17 new national federations whose membership was approved this Thursday by the organization’s executive committee. With these new inductions, World Boxing now has 106 members worldwide.
A total of 11 African countries have now joined World Boxing.
Established in 2023 amid a governance crisis in the International Boxing Association (IBA), World Boxing positions itself as an alternative entity to defend boxing’s presence at the Olympics. In February 2024 it obtained provisional recognition from the International Olympic Committee (CIO), which had previously withdrawn its recognition from the IBA due to serious gaps in governance and financial management. The boxing tournament of the Paris Games 2024 was thus organized directly by the CIO. World Boxing will take over the Los Angeles Games in 2028.
Mauritius’ adherence to this structure is a significant advancement for the development of the discipline at the national level and guarantees better integration into the Olympic movement. Other new members include several major Olympic boxing nations: Colombia, Austria, Lebanon, Spain, Mexico, Cuba, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Macao, Chile, Venezuela, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates and Ireland.
In a statement, World Boxing highlights that its expansion now allows it to count “the ten most medal-winning nations in Olympic history (excluding Russia and the USSR) as well as ten of the top eleven nations of Paris 2024.”
The first world championships organized by World Boxing will take place next September in Liverpool. Mauritius could take its first steps under this new international banner.
