A decision on whether professional boxers will be allowed to take part in this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be officially taken on June 1.

Plans to include top professionals in the Olympic boxing tournament at Rio 2016 have received a massive boost after Manny Pacquiao, the sport's first and only eight-division world champion, has claimed he would like to take part.

An Extraordinary Congress is set to be held by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in May to pass new rules that would allow top professional boxers like Wladimir Klitschko and Manny Pacquiao to compete in this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

Those close to Lord Sebastian Coe say he has aged ten years in the six months he has been President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), hardly surprising in view of the pile of manure into which he has trodden.

Nike have announced they have ended their relationship with boxer Manny Pacquiao after he labelled homosexuals as being “worse than animals”.

Anyone wishing Amir Khan a Happy New Year is risking a right-hander from the normally amiable boxer from Bolton who won a nation’s heart in Athens back in 2004 when, as a 17-year-old, he fought a solo battle for Britain in the Olympics, losing only to the Cuban Mario Kindelan, then the world's finest amateur, in the final.

Flying back to London from Doha yesterday, I had plenty of time to reflect on the 2015 International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Championships which came to an end on Thursday (October 15) in Qatar’s capital.

Two-time former world champion Amir Khan believes International Boxing Association (AIBA) fighters are better prepared than ever-before to make the step up to the peak of the professional ranks following the advent of AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) and the World Series of Boxing (WSB).

Yousuf Ali Al-Kazim, President of the Qatar Boxing Federation, is confident the 2015 International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Championships will have a "lasting legacy" on the country's future generations.

Filipino light flyweight Rogen Ladon said he felt the support of onlooking compatriot Manny Pacquiao as he claimed an unexpected points win against number one seeded Mexican Joselito Velazquez Altamirano at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Championships here today.

Eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao was a special guest at the 2015 International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Boxing Championships here today on his first-ever visit to the Middle East.

What a way it was to start the World Boxing Championships.

Not a single punch had been thrown in Qatar’s capital when International Boxing Association (AIBA) President C K Wu announced the news at a press conference here which had each and every one of the journalists present knocked for six; that being the impending arrival of eight-weight world champion, Manny Pacquiao.

Eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao is set to attend the 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships as a special guest, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) President C K Wu has announced.