USA boxing team won’t send pros to Rio Games

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Regardless of the near-unanimous vote by AIBA, the organization that oversees amateur boxing, this week that will allow professional boxers to participate in the Olympics this summer in Rio de Janeiro, there will be no American pros in the tournament.

USA Boxing, which governs amateur boxing in the United States and is a member of AIBA, announced on Wednesday that it will not send professionals to the final qualifying event for the Rio Games.

Deontay Wilder, left, is the last American male boxer to win a medal at the Olympics, taking bronze in Beijing in 2008. Frank Franklin II/AP Photo

Although the decision to allow professionals to box in the Olympics, where they could face far less experienced …

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