NOW AFRICAN BOXING BODY AT IBA’S GALLOWS

Africa’s boxing fraternity keenly awaits the verdict of IBA on the troubled and deeply divided Africa Boxing Confederation (AFBC).

The Dubai meeting between the two warring factions ended in disarray with no truce achieved.

The tug-of-war between the two groups battling for the control of amateur boxing in Africa has not gone down well with the boxers, serious stakeholders and IBA which is reportedly irked by the unprofessional conduct of some AFBC leaders.

In a last ditch effort to assist the AFBC put their house in order, the IBA invited the two warring factions – one led by DRC’s strongman Ilunga Luyoyo and the other one by Ethiopian businessman Eyassu Berhanu – for a meeting in Dubai but it turned out to be a wasted effort and time as well because they exported their differences to Dubai. Nothing was achieved.

It’s now upon the IBA to decide on the appropriate action to bring back sanity to the beleaguered African boxing body.

Various African boxers have been contacting boxersworld.co.ke eager to know what’s happening at AFBC.

They’re tired and fed up of the ongoing circus hoping the IBA will not delay to announce their eagerly awaited verdict on the fate of AFBC which they feel has underperformed.

The boxers are wondering what’s all this power struggle about yet as the main actors their welfare has been overlooked by the AFBC barons.

One sticking issue is unpaid prize money of boxers from Mozambique, Zambia and Algeria at the 2022 Africa Championships in Maputo.