Olympics Boxing - Introduction

Boxing is a sport of fighting with the fists, played between two players of same weight, especially according to rules requiring the use of boxing gloves and limiting legal blows to those striking above the waist and on the front or sides of the opponent. Boxing is also called pugilism and prizefighting.

Boxing was a part of the ancient Summer Games. In those days the fight would often end with one boxer's death. When the modern Summer Games were again started in 1896, the Athens organizing committee decided to omit boxing from the Olympics' schedule as it was too dangerous. The boxing was introduced to the 1904 Summer Games and were held at the stadium called Francis Field in St. Louis. Boxing was one of the seventeen sports of third Modern Summer Games. Boxing was again banned in 1912 Summer Olympic Games as the Swedish law. Later boxing reappeared in the schedule of the Summer Games in 1920. Since then, the sport has been contested at every Summer Games.

The thirtieth Summer Games will be held in the year 2012 in the London Olympic Stadium in London. There will be 300 events in 26 sports in the Thirtieth Summer Games in 2012. The boxing event included in the schedule and being held from 28 July to 12 August 2012 at Excel, London. 286 athletes will compete for 13 medals. A woman’s boxing being introduced for the first time in Summer Olympics 2012.

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