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Boxing to get Woodward overhaul

by 606 Sport Hosts (U3702819) 16 February 2007
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Two more British sports are ready to fall into line with strict new funding criteria as the race for Olympic medals in London 2012 gathers pace.

Both boxing and basketball have previously had funding withheld because of issues with how they were being run.

But now Sir Clive Woodward will work with the Amateur Boxing Association on its new performance management group.

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comment by U7360077 __ alt id (U7360077)

posted Feb 16, 2007

Well if his foray into football is anything to go by...

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comment by manta337 (U7383028)

posted Feb 16, 2007

More money for boxing is good news. The ABA has been doing fantasically well of late, and it was an absolute disgrace that we took only one boxer to the last Olympics. Thankfully that one boxer was Amir Khan who captured the imagination of the public on the way to a silver medal.

The recent showing by our boxers at the Commonwealth Games was very impressive, taking home a brilliant 12 medals. There's every chance that Beijing will see some British Gold Medal winners in the ring, and that by London 2012, boxing will be able to win more medals than athletics.

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