The final global boxing qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics is being scrapped, the Japan Boxing Federation said Tuesday, with places at this summer’s pandemic-delayed Games likely to be determined by rankings.
The qualifier was due to take place in Paris in June, but coronavirus travel restrictions and the rescheduling of the final European qualifier from April to June have forced organizers to pull the plug.
Boxing qualification events for the Games are being organized by a special task force formed after the IOC stripped the International Boxing Association of its right to run the sport at the Olympics.
The decision in June 2019 came after an investigation into alleged seriou…
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