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The 2008 boxing competition is strickly men, but women's boxing will be introduced during the 2012 Olympics in London.This year's competition will consist of 11 events. Light Flyweight (-48kg), Flyweight (48-51kg), Bantamweight (51-54kg), Featherweight (54-57kg), Lightweight (57-60kg), Light Welterweight (60-64kg) Welterweight (64-69kg), Middleweight (69-75kg), Light Heavyweight (75-81kg), Heavyweight (81-91kg) and Super Heavyweight (+91kg).
A national Olympic Committee can enter up to one athlete in each event. Nine places are reserved for the host nation. China will choose six places, maximum, the remaining three places will go to fighters from the Tripartite Invitiation Commission. If athletes from the host nation qualify through the AIBA World Amateur Boxing Championships, the host nation will lose a space for each qualified athlete.
Boxers must participate in qualifying events for their continental area. Each area is allotted a quota for how many athletes they can submit in each event. The continental groupings are as follows: Africa, Asia, Europe, America, Oceania, with a seperate grouping for the host country.
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They're very focused on the sport now because they've been given the chance to become a boxer. (Sample scenes from 'China Heavyweight', directed by Yung Chang, play) HUEY FERN TAY: Around the world, boxing has been used by some as an opportunity to escape poverty.
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So much more time to dream, so much more to lose ... And the Sun. And the Guardian. The list goes on. And there's that grin again - "is this for real?" - although he wants us to know all this extra attention does not scare him at all.
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Women will box in the Olympics for the first time since the ancient Greeks adopted the sport more than 2,000 years ago. In February, 24 Olympic hopefuls will compete for three berths on the U.S. team. As part of WNYC's series on women boxers ...
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Cyclone, W.Va., native Mike Harless is heading to the Olympic boxing trials in London.
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The Concord University sophomore who trains in Charleston got the call from USA Boxing recently. "I'm coming off a big win in Kentucky," he said. "I've been training hard. Mostly one of the most dominate amateurs around so they chose me." By competing in ...
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FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. (Jan. 19, 2012) -- Five years ago, Sgt. Charles Blackwell --then a civilian -- did something ridiculous. He brazenly walked into the University of Las Vegas boxing club and said he wanted to lace up the gloves. UNLV wasn't ...
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The Cuban boxing team is set to select Belfast as its training base ahead of the Olympic Games in London. Cuba has dominated world amateur boxing for over three decades and the Caribbean island has amassed 36 gold medals at the Olympics since 1968.
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Mary Spencer of Windsor, Ont., is one step closer to clinching an Olympic berth. The three-time world champion captured gold by defeating Quebec’s Ariane Fortin 18-12 in the 75-kg final at the Canadian senior boxing championships Friday in ...
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The boxing competition will be held at the Beijing Olympics from August 9 to August 22, with the finals on August 23 & 24.
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