Professional boxers to compete at Rio Games: 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.