Boxing-GB Boxing seeks associate membership of new world body

Boxing gloves are seen inside the community boxing gym above the Kellingley Social Club in Knottingley, Britain August 1, 2018. Picture taken August 1, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - GB Boxing will seek associate membership of World Boxing, a new rival to the Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA), as the divided sport fights for its Olympic future, it said on Tuesday.

GB Boxing delivers the United Kingdom's publicly-funded World Class Programme but is not a national governing body as England, Wales and Scotland have their own separate ones.