Intro to Olympic Boxing

Added: 12/16/2005

Boxing was one of the events of the ancient Olympics. Boxers of that time used to wear plain leather straps around their hands and practiced with primal versions of punch bags that we know today. Throughout the Roman times, studs made of metal were inculcated which led to the sport obtaining increasingly violent tinge. Learn more interesting facts about Olympic Boxing?

    The renewal of contemporary boxing was started in Great Britain in the 17th and 18th Centuries.
    Boxing was not introduced as part of the Olympic program on the first Games in 1896.
    Event despite the fact that boxing was considered to be utterly violent for including it to schedule of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, it appeared as one of the demonstration sports in 1904 Olympics in St. Louis. And soon as one of the medal sports in 1908 Games in London. However, boxing was voted out from the schedule of 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. It was 1920 when boxing permanently joined the Olympic fold. Since that year it has deposited a lot of unforgettable Olympic boxing champions in Olympic boxing history from George Foreman and Cassius Clay to Teofilo Stevenson and Oscar De La Hoya.
    In Olympic boxing, the boxers are divided into twelve different weight categories ranging from light flyweight (106 pounds) to super heavyweight (200+ pounds). Boxers are paired off following a draw procedure and participate in a solitary elimination tournament. Contrasting to most other sport events, two bronze medalists take place in boxing. Each bronze medal goes to one of the two boxers who lost his or her semifinal bout.
    Unlike previous Games, at the Sydney Olympics, each bout was made up from 4 two-minute rounds and one-minute breaks rather than 3 three-minute rounds and one-minute rest intervals. This had place after doctors had figured that boxers would suffer less harm under the new system.
    In Olympic boxing, boxers earn points by hitting opponent's head or torso either from the front or side. A group of five judges makes a decision which hits must be evaluated as scoring hits but in reality, the procedure is much more complex than that. An electronic system of scoring is employed and no points are awarded only if 3 of the 5 judges have the same opinion and press the button within a one-second interval of each other. But once two boxers trade a speedy torrent of weaker hits the judges are supposed to wait in anticipation of the exchange's end and then award points to the boxer who made it. At the end of the fight, if neither fighter received a knock out, the points all five judges are totaled. The boxer who has been awarded the most points by the greater part of the judges is confirmed the winner. If there is a tie, the judges decide the winner by voting; in this case they take into account factors like which of the boxers showed better style and had the lead. If the winner still can't be undetermined, then judges decide which fighter showed better self-protective skills. In the Olympic boxing, no extra points are given for knockdowns, nonetheless, if a boxer gets knock down four times through the fight or three times within one round, the fight is stopped.
    Olympic boxers can't be younger than seventeen years old and older than thirty four. Besides the boxers can't have wear and moustaches longer than upper lip. It's worth admitting that women do not take part in Olympic boxing.

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