World Boxing approves China, Turkey among six new members

World Boxing has increased its membership to 84 countries with China and Turkey, whose boxers won medals at last year’s Paris Olympics, among the latest six to sign up.

The International Olympic Committee last month granted provisional recognition to World Boxing, which was launched in 2023, in a major step toward boxing featuring at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

The IOC stripped the International Boxing Association of recognition in 2023 over its failure to implement reforms on governance and finance.

China finished second in the boxing medals table in Paris with three golds and two silvers. Turkey was eighth, equal with France, with two silvers and a bronze.

The other countries announced in the latest batch Wednesday were Sudan, Greece, Montenegro and Slovakia.

Source: espn.com