New Delhi: There was good news in store for Indian boxing with the world body (Aiba) on Friday unanimously giving permanent membership to the recently elected Boxing India, thus completing the country’s return to the international fold.
The decision was taken during the Aiba’s quadrennial congress in Jeju Islands, South Korea.
“We are extremely delighted to be unanimously accepted as the permanent member of Aiba,” Boxing India president Sandeep Jajodia said.
India was provisionally suspended in December 2012 for “possible manipulation” in the erstwhile Indian Amateur Boxing Federation’s elections.
After prolonged administrative wrangling between various state units, elections to form a new body were successfully conducted in September under the supervision of an International Boxing Association observer.
