Olympic Boxing Weight Categories Reduced
February 9, 2010
Milan-based International Boxing Association lowered the weight divisions to 10 from 11 for the coming 2012 London Olympics.
The move enables them to include women’s boxing in the quadrennial games. Moreover, the total number of boxers that will compete in the Olympics is still 286, 250 males and 36 female boxers. In Beijing 2008, all of the boxers were males.
The latest weight categories includes: Light flyweight (46-49 kg.), flyweight (up to 52, kg.), bantam weight (up to 56 kg.), lightweight (up to 60 kg.), light welterweight (up to 64 kg.), welterweight (up to 69 kg.), middleweight (up to 75 kg.), light heavyweight (up to 81 kg.), heavyweight (up to 91 kg.) and heavyweight (91kg and above).
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