The joint project of International Boxing Association and Institute of Law and Economics (Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía, ISDE), the Sports Management Course, announced the first participants who were accepted to complete the program. The first course will consist of 8 modules and commences on 1 February 2024.

The full list is available below:

• A R Meshkatul Islam (Bangladesh)
• Md. Israfil Alam (Bangladesh)
• Irene Ntelamo (Botswana)
• Taolo Tlouetsilev (Botswana)
• Pierre Severin Toukoulou (Cameroon)
• Savvas Kokkinos (Cyprus)
• Pascal Schneller-Stern (Germany-IBA)
• George Lamptey (Ghana)
• Danuska D’Gama (India)
• Sujit Kumar Singh (India)
• Aldar Altansukh (Mongolia)
• Stefa Pejovic (Montenegro)
• Abdelilah Oudghiri (Morocco)
• Petrus Nghifikepunye Kashango (Namibia)
• Trefina Ndapandula Shivolo (Namibia)
• Alhaji Komba (Sierra Leone)
• Awil Gele Ahmed (Somalia)
• Marta Forcen Celaya (Spain)
• Dushan Lalisha Kahatapitiya (Sri Lanka)
• Tharindu   Roshan Madusanka (Sri Lanka)
• Ruger Kahwa (Tanzania)
• Lukelo-Anderson Willilo (Tanzania)
• Adote Mawusse Krakpo (Togo)
• Tianna Guy (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Vicki Mera Boodram (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Kateryna Drobotko (Ukraine)
• Donatas Piskun (Ukraine)

In December 2022, IBA and ISDE entered into a cooperation agreement with the purpose of developing education in the sport of boxing.

A full description of the course can be viewed here.