THE Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) are to steer clear of any involvement with breakaway groups in both the Welsh and Scottish associations that threatens the stability of the sport in those countries.
The Welsh made a serious attempt to involve the IABA at a meeting of its central council in Dublin at the weekend when a letter was read from the Welsh Amateur Boxing Federation.
This body's secretary, Stuart Price, asked for co-operation from the IABA, even to the point of seeking permission to enter for championships here at all levels.
Price claims "undemocratic behaviour and irrational decision making" by the established Welsh association.
The IABA rejected the requests from the new Welsh group and, the association's secretary, Joe Keirwan, will be writing to Price.
Meanwhile, the association's agm next month is to be inundated with requests in relation to the controversial computer scoring system. The Loch Garman club are to table a motion asking that the IABA lead the way in having the computer system abolished internationally.
The Holy Trinity club in Belfast, out of which Olympians Damaen Kelly and Brian Magee box, request that eight judges be used, four operating on behalf of the red corner and four more on the blue corner.
