Iba congress

IBA Junior World Boxing Championships: International Boxing Association (IBA) approved the membership of four new federations while three organizations had their memberships terminated at its Annual Congress held here on Saturday.

As many as 170 National Federation members voted as Swiss Boxing was welcomed back following its resignation from IBA under new leadership, a direction that was then reversed at their last General Assembly.

In addition, the US Boxing Federation, a new organization led by legendary Roy Jones Jr was formed following the disaffiliation of USA Boxing. Oceania gained two new members as the Norfolk Island Boxing Association and Tuvalu Amateur Boxing Association were accepted, according to IBA release.