CABOFE against professional boxers at Olympics – Abdool

Peter Abdool

President of the Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE), Peter Abdool has voiced his grave concerns with respect to the International Amateur Boxing Association’s (AIBA) decision to launch their league of professional boxers which will be allowed to compete at the Olympics Games.

Abdool who is also the president of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) has joined the growing number of the world’s professional boxing organizations and outstanding promoters that have criticized the plan for AIBA headed by its president Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu to include select pro boxers in the Olympics beginning in Brazil in 2016.

According to Abdool, Olympic boxing has traditionally been closed to