Boxing has been a part of summer Olympic games since
1904. Except 1912 Olympic event which
was held in Stockholm. In this Olympic games Swedish banned this event. 2008 summer
Olympics was the final games with boxing as a male only event. In 2012 summer
Olympics women boxing event will be a
regular part of Olympics games.
Boxing competition is organized as a set of
tournament which was based on different weight categories. Olympics boxing has
been between 5 and 12 weight classes and the definition of these classes has been
changed several times in.Until 1936 boxing event weight categories are measured
in pounds. But from 1948 Olympic event to onward weight are measured in
kilograms. in boxing event participation in made on individual basis. In boxing
Olympic history the record of most gold medal won belong to United States of
America who won total 108 gold , silver , and bronze medals.
Since the first Olympic, Boxing event in 1904,
many of the sport’s biggest names have come to dominant at the boxing event .
Cassius Clay later known as Muhammad Ali in 1960 George Foreman 1968 and Oscar
de la Hoya 1992 have all won Olympic gold in the past summer games.
In 2012 London Olympics women also take part
with men first time in the history of summer games.
London Olympics will conduct boxing men and
women competition from Saturday 28 July to Sunday 12 August at Excel. In which
286 boxer, 250 men 36 women fight for 13 Gold medals and especially for the
glory of their country.
Fans can get Olympic boxing tickets and Olympictickets from global ticket market for London 2012 olympics at very nominal
price.
the best Olympiad for boxing was the 1900 Olympiad in paris :)
ReplyDeletegreat article about boxing weight classes,thanks!
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