Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, has also criticised the move, arguing that the IBA’s expulsion would "harm" international sport.

The IBA, led by Russian Umar Kremlev, was last week expelled from the Olympic Movement following a vote at an Extraordinary IOC Session.

An IOC report on the IBA’s situation concluded that the body had failed to fulfil the conditions set out for lifting the suspension that was put in place in 2019 due to issues with finances, governances and the credibility of its competitions.

IOC President Thomas Bach claimed his organisation had an "extremely serious problem" with the IBA, while its director general Christophe de Kepper ruled that the body had "reached the point of no return".

The IBA said the expulsion marked the 82nd anniversary of when "fascist Germany launched an attack on the peaceful citizens of the Soviet Union" in its response to the IOC’s decision which it claimed was "catastrophic for global boxing".

Sporting organisations in Russia have also opposed the withdrawal of the IBA’s recognition, including the country’s boxing governing body.

"We express our disagreement with this decision," Tatyana Kiriyenko, who succeeded Kremlev as RBF secretary general, told Russia’s official state news agency TASS.  

"It affects not only the interests of Russian boxing but also the interests of all boxers in the world.

"The IOC is making a tragic mistake by showing the political nature of the decision."

The IBA caused controversy last October when it agreed to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under their national flags and for the two countries’ anthems to be played at events in contrary to the IOC’s recommendations.

A total of 69 members of the IOC Session backed the proposal by the organisation’s Executive Board to banish the IBA, with just one voting against.

It was an unprecedented decision as no sporting governing body had previously ever been expelled by the IOC.

Pozdnyakov warned that that the IOC’s decision to banish the IBA would have a detrimental impact on the Olympic Movement.

"I believe that such demarches do not paint international sport," said Pozdnyakov in a report by TASS.

"In my memory, this is the first time.

"Perhaps some of the older people remember when this still happened.

"Nevertheless, any such scandals harm the international Olympic Movement."

Uganda Boxing Federation President Moses Muhangi, a close ally of Kremlev, reportedly told the IBA that it should look to work independently to the IOC just days before the vote at the Session.

"We cannot keep on being in this relationship that does not seem to work," Muhangi told Ugandan newspaper Daily Monitor.

"IBA should plan on an institution that is independent of the IOC if we are to secure the future of boxing."

On Friday (June 23), Kremlev wrote a letter to National Federations, vowing to "develop its pro-style boxing".

A new strategic vision is set to be formed and is due to be presented to the Board of Directors for approval at a meeting in Thailand next month.

The decision to rid the IBA of its Olympic status paves the way for rival body World Boxing to take on the responsibility of governing boxing at the Olympic Games.

It was established to secure boxing's Olympic status and last month stated that it will write to the IOC to request for "formal recognition".

So far, only the United States and Switzerland have committed to join as full members of World Boxing but several countries, including England, The Netherlands and Brazil, have suggested that they are considering joining them.

Italian Boxing Federation President Flavio D'Ambrosi claimed the sport was "experiencing a moment of historic transition" and insisted he would lead his organisation "towards the new dawn".

"Now we need strong nerves, wisdom and a strong sense of institutional responsibility that will have to ensure the most reasonable choices for the future of a discipline that, today more than ever, must protect and enhance its history, its ethical-social values and its indispensable educational drive," he said.