Under pressure by Olympic officials to address possible financial problems in his organization, the president of boxing’s international governing body in 2015 ordered an investigation by the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The resulting report revealed irregularities so widespread that the auditors suggested the federation find a criminal lawyer.

It was unclear if the federation did so. In fact, the existence of the report is not widely known because the president of the federation never released it, not even to the executive board that oversees him and the sport.

While portions of the report have been described by some news outlets, a full copy, recently obtained by The New York Times, reveals bookkeeping shortfalls and raises questions about the management of one of the most prominent Olympic sports.