There will be no financial blowback on Ireland's boxers following the IABA's decision to withdraw from the 2023 World championships.
Reigning world champions Lisa O'Rourke and Amy Broadhurst, along with former world champ Kellie Harrington, are among those affected by the vote taken by IABA council members.
Both O'Rourke and Broadhurst pocketed $100,000 apiece for their triumphs last year and while that is now off the table for all of the Irish hopefuls, there will be no change to their Sport Ireland and Government grants due to their non-participation in the Worlds.
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“There will be other opportunities and that will be taken into consideration,” said Sport Ireland CEO Dr Una May.
“The carding criteria are developed taking into consideration the opportunities athletes have so they will be competing at the European Games, for example.
“That will be the most important qualification event for them this year. So there will be other qualification events and there will be other opportunities for them to achieve standards in order to reach the criteria.”
Speaking at the announcement of core National Governing Body (NGB) core funding for 2023, Dr May added that other championships, in particular the European Games in Poland in June, are now the focus for Ireland's elite boxing team.
Despite reports to the contrary, Dr May insisted that the IABA were not under orders from Sport Ireland or the Government to boycott the Worlds after the IBA allowed boxers from Russia and Belarus to compete under their national flags.
The IABA followed USA Boxing in taking a stand, and now Team GB has also followed suit, for the Women's championships at least - with more associations within the Common Cause Alliance set to join the rebels.
“It is important that the IABA has the autonomy to make those decisions themselves," added Dr May.
"Getting guidance from us in terms of what the government’s position is is important, but we are not in the position of actually telling people what they should and shouldn’t do in any situation.
“We were comfortable with the decision they made.
"They made it for good reasons and for a broad range of reasons and that it is important - that they recognise that overall governance in the international federation is an issue beyond just the black and white ‘Russia, not Russia’.”
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