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Olympic Boxing Basics May 14th 2012, 11:01 What is Olympic boxing? It is one of the oldest and most popular Summer Olympic sports. Boxing's first appearance in the modern Games was in 1904 in St. Louis. The sport was not included in the 1912 at Stockholm because Sweden's national law banned it. However, boxing returned for good in 1920 and has produced some of the Games' most enduring memories. Olympic Boxing is a single-elimination tournament with each bout consisting of four rounds of two minutes each. The winner in each weight class wins the Olympic gold medal. THE COMPETITION There are currently 11 different Olympic Boxing weight classifications: Light Fly Weight (under 48 kg) Fly Weight (under 51 kg) Bantam Weight (under 54 kg) Feather Weight (under 57 kg) Light Weight (under 60 kg) Light Welter Weight (under 64 kg) Welter Weight (under 69 kg) Middle Weight (under 75 kg) Light Heavy Weight (under 81 kg) Heavy Weight (under 91 kg) Super Heavy Weight (over 91 kg) EQUIPMENT Competitors wear either red or blue. Boxers must wear boxing gloves conforming to AIBA standards. Gloves weigh 10 ounces and feature a white strip to mark the main hitting area. Bouts are conducted in a square ring measuring 6.1 meters inside the ropes on each side. The floor of the ring consists of canvas stretched over a soft underlay, and it extends 45.72 centimeters outside the ropes. Each side of the ring has four ropes running parallel to it. The lowest one runs 40.66 cm above the ground, and the ropes are 30.48 cm apart. The corners of the ring are distinguished by colors. The corners occupied by the boxers are colored red and blue, and the other two corners, called "neutral" corners, are white. GOLD, SILVER, AND BRONZE A country can enter a maximum of one athlete per weight category. The host nation is allocated a maximum of six places (if not otherwise qualified). There is a limit of 28 boxers for each event, except for heavyweight and super heavyweight which have a limit of 16. This limits the total number of boxers to 286. Boxers are paired off at random (without regard to ranking) and fight in a single-elimination tournament. However, unlike most Olympic events, the loser in each semi-final bout receives a bronze medal. Read more about Olympic Boxing Rules, Judging and Officials. Back to Olympic Boxing

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