AIBA on the ropes regarding ring's future in the Olympics

MOSCOW - The congress of the scandal-hit International Amateur Boxing Federation (AIBA) that opens in Moscow on Friday could be a turning point for the sport and its future in the Olympics.

Gafur Rakhimov, an Uzbek who has been linked to organized crime by the US Treasury Department, is one of two candidates standing for the position of AIBA president.

Rakhimov has vigorously denied US government allegations, but in October the International Olympics Committee (IOC) froze relations with the AIBA and refused to accredit Rakhimov for the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.