![]() champion, and a previously unranked boxer, Axel Schulz, that was at the center of the federal investigation. But the indictment referred to a heavyweight title bout in June 1995 between George Foreman, then the I.B.F. ![]() The indictment did not specifically name any fighters or promoters who figured in the bribery charges. The 32-count indictment handed up today in United States District Court in Newark accuses top officials of the organization - one of three major international ranking groups for boxing - of receiving a total of $338,000 in payments for manipulating the rankings to allow boxers to qualify for lucrative fights. ![]() The founder of the International Boxing Federation and three others in the powerful sanctioning organization were indicted today on federal racketeering and bribery charges, accused of soliciting bribes from fighters and their promoters in exchange for advancing them in the organization's rankings. ![]()
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