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Daily Mirror
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Barry McGuigan

Olympics boxing is right to be punished but 2028 snub must be corrected

Let me add my voice to that of GB Boxing in joining the campaign to keep boxing at the Olympics.

As things stand Paris 2024 will be the swansong for a sport that has been at the Olympics since 1904. The International Olympic Committee is absolutely right to hold the IBA, formerly IABA, to account for the corruption that has tainted the Olympic boxing experience.

The standard of judging has been unacceptable for too long. A world wide audience, billions watching, there is no excuse for delivering a failed system. My amateur career was tarnished by a bad decision at the Moscow Olympics. I am still bitter about that.

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