THE seven-member board of Boxing SA (BSA) will no longer spend time dealing with disputes instead of delivering on its mandate of regulating the sport, chairwoman Muditambi Ravele said yesterday.

THE seven-member board of Boxing SA (BSA) will no longer spend time dealing with disputes instead of delivering on its mandate of regulating the sport, chairwoman Muditambi Ravele said yesterday.

"They will now be handled by relevant committees that have been approved by BSA," she said.

"We have now approved both the disciplinary procedures to address disciplinary matters and the arbitration tribunal to deal with non-disciplinary matters and appeals procedures if any licensees want to appeal against decisions of the disciplinary committee.

"There were no disciplinary codes within BSA before we came on board and that was creating very serious problems for us and for our licensees."

She said the board worked on putting systems in place for some time.

BSA was left looking inefficient after losing appeals, especially against the Eastern Cape Promoters Association (ECPA) last year.

The ECPA even wrote to the board advising members to resign voluntarily.

But that did not happen because only Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula can remove the board.

BSA is a legislated statutory body and receives funding directly from the government.

"Some issues would have been handled better had there been relevant committees," said Ravele, whose board held a workshop explaining the new system - the first of many planned - with licensees from Gauteng, North West and Mpumalanga in Johannesburg last weekend. Those from Free State did not attend.