U.S. to host amateur boxing world
championships
(AP) -- The United States will host the
boxing world championships in the fall after Russia was stripped of the
competition, the first qualifying event for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
USA Boxing will work with the U.S. Olympic Committee to set the host
city and date, the International Amateur Boxing Association said
Wednesday. The championships originally were scheduled for Sept. 15-30
but most likely will be held in October.
"It is pleasing to see that the star
event on the 2007 boxing calendar will be held in one of boxing's
heartlands," AIBA president Ching-Kuo Wu said Wednesday.
The championships will involve more than 600 boxers from more than 100
countries.
Moscow was awarded the championships over Jeju, South Korea, but was
stripped of the event in March when AIBA said the Russian boxing
federation "failed on a number of issues." The Korean Boxing Association
had the first right of refusal and declined in April.
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