Over the past several months, laws were pasted that have killed the second oldest sport in Olympic history “Amateur Boxing”. Virginia’s laws concerning amateur boxing are unfair to the sport that myself, and 823 registered amateur boxers love so much. I Robert Wilson President of Local Boxing Commission(LBC12) Virginia, ask that all amateur boxers be exempt from Executive Order 17 (2014) and §§ 2.2-4007.1 and 2.2-4017 Code of Virginia, and let amateur boxing in VA continue to operate under the sanctioning of USA boxing just like all 50 states now do. As of October 2015 no one under the age of 18 can participate in boxing in the commonwealth. Which means, this year no child can participate in the USA boxing Junior Olympics tournament. As a result VA won’t have an athlete representing it at the regional and national level. We have children that have Olympic dreams that can’t be realized because legislation have passed laws that treat our children as professional boxers. Please help us save our children. Help us save amateur boxing in VA by opposing Executive Order 17 (2014) and §§ 2.2-4007.1 and 2.2-4017 of the Code of Virginia.

Very Respectfully

Robert Wilson LBC 12 President

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