With China in the fold, World Boxing now has a robust Asian membership that includes about two dozen members — including Uzbekistan, the most powerful boxing nation in recent Olympics after winning five gold medals in Paris.

World Boxing is trying to establish itself as the main international federation after the IOC suspended the IBA from the Olympic movement in 2023; China, Turkey, Sudan, Greece, Slovakia and Montenegro

World Boxing includes China and five more federations to its membership list in bid to keep boxing at the Olympics. The organization is attempting to establish