Gerry Murphy, a longtime Australian boxing coach, has been banned for alleged involvement with the Australian National Amateur Boxing Association (ANABA), a rival organization viewed unfavorably by established boxing authorities in Australia. Murphy's case highlights the ongoing fight for boxing's Olympic survival as the sport grapples with internal divisions and the International Boxing Association's (IBA) expulsion from the International Olympic Committee.
A long-time Australian coach has been caught up in boxing’s fight for Olympic survival after being banned for alleged involvement with an unsanctioned rival organisation as the sport’s outcast officials turn to Donald Trump.
Boxing Victoria president Scott Bindloss said Murphy was suspended and denied registration for being affiliated with a breakaway organisation under Boxing Australia regulations that forbid membership of unsanctioned associations or participation in unrecognised competitions. Boxing Victoria is a member association of Boxing Australia. Boxing Australia chief executive Dinah Glykidis said it supported Boxing Victoria’s decision, as it was in line with its rules and policy. “Boxing Australia not a member of IBA since July 2023, as they are not a recognised international federation under the IOC,” she said.
In a further twist Murphy’s case has been taken up by Canberra lawyer Garry Hamilton, who is the president of Boxing ACT, another member association of Boxing Australia. The US and Britain are behind World Boxing but the sport’s landscape has remained split, with the well-resourced IBA still claiming 190 members and scheduling global championships despite the IOC urging national federations to sever links with it.
They are not transgender – both were born and raised as women and had always competed as women – but the IBA had disqualified them from the previous year’s world titles for failing gender eligibility tests.
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