Professional boxers to compete at Rio: AIBA (Reuters)

By Karolos Grohmann LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Professional boxers will compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after the international boxing association AIBA approved a constitutional change on Wednesday, its president said. AIBA boss Ching-Kuo Wu said the change of the AIBA constitution was approved with 95 percent in favor — 84 of 88 voting members — paving the way for professionals to fight for medals for the first time at the Olympics starting on Aug. 5. AIBA spokesman Nicolas Jomard said there would be no wild cards, with the age limit at 40 for the athletes.