WOMEN’S BOXING SUGGESTED TO BE INCLUDED IN LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES

People’s Daily Online
Aug 19 2008
China

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) announced Monday their
support for including women’s boxing in the 2012 Olympic Games,
saying they will submit a proposal to the International Olympic
Committee in near future.

The association made the announcement after an AIBA Extraordinary
Committee meeting, at which the host of the 2009 Junior World
Championships was selected to be Yerevan, capital of Armenia, and
new boxing rules were approved.

The AIBA has long wanted to include women’s boxing in the Olympiad
in a bid to promote the sport. It said to submit a proposal to IOC
"in the coming months".

Under the new boxing rules, four rounds of two minutes are changed
into three of three minutes starting the beginning of next year,
while weight categories for women and youth girls are aligned more
closely with men to feature 11 categories.