IOC Nixes Boxing Championships in Chicago

The 2007 world boxing championships may not take place in Chicago afterall, according to Chicagosports.com. As I reported several days ago, the international boxing federation (AIBA) stripped the event from Moscow due to organization issues and gave the event to USA Boxing, which had to find a host city. Chicago was considered an ideal choice since it had just been named the U.S. bid city for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. But the idea of hosting the boxing championships has yet to earn the approval of the IOC, which believes that it could violate the rules in how bid cities can promote themselves. Chicago could be perceived internationally as having an early advantage in the Olympic bidding process.