GB Boxing: In advance of Paris 2024, boxing’s first Olympic qualification competition will take place at the European Games in Krakow.
The first chance to secure a spot at the Summer Olympics in France next year will be presented during the boxing competition at the European Games, which gets underway on June 23.
Olympic qualifying is starting as the sport is still experiencing unresolved unrest. The future of boxing at the Olympics is in jeopardy. Due to persistent issues with the sport’s governing body, the IBA, and the judging scandals that have afflicted the sport, the International Olympic Committee has removed boxing from the schedule for the 2028 Games.
That finally led to the creation of a new breakaway organisation called World Boxing, which is supported by a number of nations, including Great Britain, and which aspires to succeed IBA as the worldwide federation, get the IOC’s approval, and reinstate boxing as an Olympic sport.
British boxers had to get ready by competing in other international competitions as their nation was among those that boycotted the IBA’s men’s and women’s world championships.
The greatest medal total for a British Olympic boxing team in a century was achieved by GB at the Tokyo Games, where they won a total of six medals.
But Charley Davison, a mother of three from Lowestoft who has increased her weight to 54 kg, is the only returning Olympian on the team for these European Games.
“Because you train so hard leading up to selection, it is always a stressful and anxious period, so I am simply thankful to have been given this chance. My first European Games will be there, so I want to savour every minute and box as well as I can to ensure that all the hard work in the gym has paid off,” Davison said.
“Now that I’ve gone to an Olympics, I know what it’s like, so it motivates me to work harder to earn the chance again and this time take it a step further by winning a medal. With my experience from Tokyo and other international competitions over the past several years, I am certain that I will be able to place myself on the podium.
“It will simply be about going in the ring, being myself, and boxing naturally. Hopefully, the qualifying will come with that, since the European Games are the first step in that direction,” he added.
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