00:00The President of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines, Ricky Vargas,
00:06was named as the Interim Executive Board of the new Asian Boxing Organization,
00:10an organization affiliated with the World Boxing Organization,
00:13which organizes events to maintain boxing in the Olympics.
00:17Because of this, Vargas, along with other members of the board,
00:21has been official in various countries such as Thailand, Korea, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, and India.
00:30At present, World Boxing has 60 members,
00:34along with newly-approved member states of Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Jordan, Myanmar, and Palestine.
00:42During the last two editions of the Olympics in 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Games,
00:47the International Olympic Committee is in charge of the boxing events,
00:51while the International Boxing Association or IBA is discredited.
00:56The IOC removed boxing from the Olympic calendar since 2028,
01:01but the door is still open for its possible return.
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