Professional boxers could compete at the Rio Olympics under new plans from the sport’s governing body. AIBA president Dr Ching-Kuo Wu wants to abolish rules stopping any fighter with 15 or more paid bouts from competing. His proposal needs to be approved by the AIBA’s executive committee, but Wu said: “We want something to change… not after four years, but now.” He added that it was “absolutely possible” to change the rules in time for August’s Olympics. The qualifying process for this year’s Games is already underway, with 60 boxers having already secured their places in Rio. Wu, who has been president for a decade, added: “When I took over the presidency in 2006, I made it very clear the term of ‘amateur’ is not really relevant because when you look now at all the Olympic sports, who is really amateur? “It is an International Olympic Commission policy to have the best athletes in the Games. Of the international federations, AIBA is probably the only one without professional athletes in the Olympics.”