USA Boxing has chosen to leave the International Boxing Association (IBA), where it has been a member for 77 years, and join the just-formed World Boxing International Federation (...
Due to the participation of Russian and Belarusian boxers, the Lithuanian Boxing Federation was one of the first National Federations to boycott the IBA World Championships.
The IBA secretary general George Yerolimpos said that there was a "clear divide" between the nations backing World Boxing and their athletes
A number of countries will be declaring their resignation from the IBA to form a new organization called World Boxing.