IBF focusing on untapped talent

Sanctioning body turns its spotlight on Belt and Road

From Azerbaijan to Yemen, Bhutan to Timor-Leste, the International Boxing Federation is helping non-traditional sources of fistic talent launch what it predicts will be the next great wave of global champions.

Daryl Peoples, president of the New Jersey-based sanctioning organization, was in Beijing on Monday to unveil the IBF's new Belt and Road Region (IBF B&R), aimed at providing long overdue championship opportunities for fighters from nations that have been on the outside looking in.