Boxing chiefs hit out at IOC over Tokyo threat

Amateur boxing's crisis-hit governing body Tuesday said it had done everything asked to clean up its act and warned of legal action if stripped of the right to organize the event at the Tokyo Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has frozen the sport's preparations for next year's showpiece competition as it seeks proof that the International Boxing Federation (AIBA) has done enough to address allegations of bout-fixing at the Rio Olympics in 2016. A decision on whether it will run the boxing programme in Tokyo is set to be made on May 22. If barred, the IOC has said it will step in to ensure the sport still appears in the Japanese capital. AIBA said in a statemen...

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