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What worked so spectacularly well for the United States in men’s basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics could prove the death knell -- or something very close to it -- for amateur boxing in the U.S. should a proposal by the sport’s global governing body be fast-tracked for approval in time for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Officials with the International Boxing Association, in what can only be viewed as a panic move in reaction to shrinking interest and confidence in Olympic boxing, last week went public with the announcement that there have been discussions to open the competition to all -- meaning a welcome mat rolled out to pros.