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Following the vote on Saturday O’Carroll, said: “Irish Boxing has spoken today, and has chosen to be able to plot its own course. <\/p>\n
“The removal of reference to IBA\/AIBA in our constitution isn’t about any one international federation, it’s about clubs giving themselves the ability to choose. <\/p>\n
“They’ve exercised that right for the first time today, voting to also affiliate with World Boxing.”<\/p>\n
O’Carroll added that the move would result in better opportunities for young boxers to plot their path to Olympic competition.<\/p>\n
“The Olympics is the dream of every kid who walks into any boxing club \u2013 but getting there needs high level international competition. <\/p>\n
“For the last few years, our clubs have been constrained in the federations that they can work with at a grassroots level on a club-to-club basis. Many of those federations were long-standing partners. <\/p>\n
“Those constraints have now been lifted, and our clubs, as well as our national teams, can travel to any federation in the world to train and compete. It’s a huge day for clubs, and for our federation.”<\/p>\n
Boxing has been Ireland’s most successful Olympic sport, having won 19 of Team Ireland’s 42 medals, including Kellie Harrington’s unprecedented defence of her Tokyo 2020 gold at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n