PARIS - The International Olympic Committee withdrew its recognition of boxing's governing body (IBA) but said the sport would be on the programme at the 2024 and 2028 Games in Paris and Los Angeles.
The IOC executive board voted by 69 votes to one, with 10 abstentions, to expel the International Boxing Association (IBA) from the Olympic Movement in a seismic move for the sport.
However, the IBA hit back with a strongly-worded statement, comparing their expulsion to Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
The IOC's decision brings to an end four years of sparring between the Olympic body and the under-fire custodians of a sport that has appeared at every Games since 1904.
The IBA was suspended by the IOC in 2019 for multiple corruption scandals.
The IBA, whose president is Umar Kremlev of Russia, has also come under attack for its governance, financial transparency and sustainability.
"The IOC has constantly and patiently tried to help in the three areas of concern," IOC director general Christophe De Kepper said at the Olympic body's session in Lausanne.
"There has been a constant lack of drastic revolution throughout the many years. It is a situation of no return."
De Kepper added: "The IBA was unable to provide the elements to allow the lifting of its suspension.
"It is not possible to reach any other conclusion than agree with the IOC's analysis. The only conclusion is to withdraw recognition."