{"id":20822,"date":"2026-04-29T17:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=20822"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:33:06","slug":"world-boxing-allows-russian-belarusian-boxers-to-compete-as-neutrals-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=20822","title":{"rendered":"World Boxing allows Russian, Belarusian boxers to compete as neutrals | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Athletes from \u200bboth countries will compete without national flags, anthems, logos \u200cor uniforms in World Boxing events.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 29 Apr 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">29 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Boxers from Russia and Belarus will be free to compete \u201cwith immediate effect\u201d in international competitions as neutral athletes, World Boxing says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe procedure was approved by the executive board of World Boxing at its most recent meeting in April 2026 and reflects the approach taken by the International Olympic Committee (IOC),\u201d said World Boxing in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Under the policy, athletes from the two countries will compete as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), without national flags, anthems, logos or uniforms, and will be subject to a vetting process.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows a decision by World Boxing\u2019s executive board in March to approve membership applications from the Russian and Belarusian boxing federations, clearing the way for their athletes to compete in the events.<\/p>\n<p>The AIN procedure will apply across all age-group competitions organised by World Boxing, European Boxing and international events run by national federations, and will also cover coaches, support staff and team officials.<\/p>\n<p>World Boxing said the procedure took immediate effect, with its secretary-general formally notifying the Russian and Belarusian boxing federations of how the measures will be implemented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athletes from \u200bboth countries will compete without national flags, anthems, logos \u200cor uniforms in World Boxing events. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 Boxers from Russia and Belarus will be free to compete \u201cwith immediate effect\u201d in international competitions as neutral athletes, World Boxing says. \u201cThe procedure was approved by the executive board of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}