The Italian Boxing Federation (FPI) on
Saturday said it will not accept any prize coming from the
International Boxing Association (IBA) after the international
organization and its president Umar Kremlev announced they would
award Italy's Angela Carini the Olympic champion prize money
although she lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against
Algeria's Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
FPI said in a statement that it denied "the hypothesis of
accepting any prize in money".
The statement did not mention Carini, although federation
sources claimed the boxer would also not accept the offer.
The prize consisted of $100,000, of which $50,000 would go to
Carini, $25,000 to her coach and $25,000 to the Italian boxing
federation (FPI), which recently left IBA to join the World
Boxing Association.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
