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Thai boxers allowed to fight in Guangzhou Asian Games

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-28 10:40

BANGKOK - Thai boxers have been allowed to participate in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou after a row between Thai amateur boxing association and the international association, local English newspaper Bangkok Post reported Wednesday.

Thana Chaiprasit, Thailand's chief of delegation for the Asian Games, said all Thai athletes, including 11 boxers, had been registered to participate in the Nov 12-27 event by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

"This means the OCA has accepted Thai boxers to take part in the Games," Bangkok Post quoted Thana as saying.

Thana said the boxing team will have to wait until November 11 when the International Amateur Boxing Association (Aiba) makes a decision if medals won by Thai fighters will be registered.

Taweep Jantararoj, president of the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand (Abat), has had a row with Aiba bosses who have suspended him for violating Aiba rules.

The result of the suspension, Aiba said, was that the Thai boxers could not take part in the Asian Games in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

Taweep is appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the suspension. The court has postponed making a ruling. It was initially expected last week.

Boxing is one of the sports Thailand expected to win a gold medal. Thai boxer won one out of eleven gold medals in 2006 Doha Asian Games.