We have read or heard that it is a sad sad that boxing, an ancient and great sport, is likely to be excluded from the Olympic program. As fans know, boxing will face a real opportunity and a real threat at the upcoming Paris Olympics, because if there is a problem again, it may really disappear from the Olympics.
It is known that the International Olympic Games have removed the status of the International Amateur Boxing Federation in the sport due to black whistles, corruption, financial irregularities, etc., while a special task force has been set up to allow the boxing program to continue to appear at the Paris 2024 Olympics. However, after the Paris Olympics, the IOC may make a bigger adjustment, which is to no longer support boxing in its field, and unless a new boxing organization is formed, there will be no boxers competing at Los Angeles 2028.
As early as the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, boxing was stationed as a show sport, and by the 1908 London Olympics, boxing became an official sport, and it would be very bad if there was no boxing at the Olympics, and the Olympics were also a springboard for many great fighters who won gold medals and then became world champions and global stars.
Legendary boxing champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin, who was appointed president of the Kazakhstan Olympic Committee earlier this year, vowed in an interview this week to do everything he can to ensure boxing remains at the Olympics. For this reason, fans have supported it, believing it to be a game-changing rhythm and have spoken highly of Golovkin.
"A few months ago, I was appointed president of the Kazakh Olympic Committee, and now I am getting acquainted with the situation," Golovkin said. What I've learned so far is unacceptable, it's unacceptable for fighters, it's unacceptable for other Olympic committees. As a boxer, I will do everything I can to help, assist, and perhaps influence boxing to remain in the Olympic program. ”
Golovkin is a silver medalist in boxing at the Athens 2024 Olympics and completed his final professional bout in 2022. With his election as president of the Kazakhstan Olympic Games, Golovkin will be able to use his role and influence to promote boxing, and fans will certainly hope that this will become a reality.
During the interview, Golovkin also praised the "new technology" adopted in amateur boxing confrontations, which he believes will effectively eliminate black whistles as well as human error. Golovkin said that if boxing is given a chance, the sport will have a bright future under the Five Rings.
"I recently participated in the Milan Amateur Boxing Championship and liked the new things it took and saw a lot of innovations that minimized the human factor, such as artificial intelligence, computer scoring, and the use of all these new technologies will make the sport cleaner and help eliminate the black whistles and miscalculations in sports competition," Golovkin said. ”
Boxing News 24 commented: What will boxing look like in the next 10 years? And what will the next boxing look like? And even what will boxing look like in the next century? It's what we want to know, but can we get what we want? We need more fighters like Golovkin to ensure the survival of boxing in the Olympic program.
Imagine what it would be like without boxing at the Olympics, without Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, "Golden Boy" Oscar de la Hoya? It's hard to accept!