Boxing will only be included in the programme for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles if the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has found an international federation partner by early next year. The IOC said in a statement on Wednesday that “for governance reasons” it was not able to organize a third Olympic boxing tournament, following 2021 in Tokyo and this summer’s Paris Games. The IOC stepped in to keep boxing in the Games after it first suspended and last year de-recognized the International Boxing Association (IBA) in connection with long standing IBA governance and financing concerns. We…