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Boxing at the Olympic Games
Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since 1904, except for in 1912 in Stockholm as Swedish law banned the sport at the time. In 2009, the IOC voted to include women's boxing at the 2012 London Games, so now there are men and women competing in all sports.
Trivia
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Women's boxing first appeared in the Olympic Games as a demonstration sport in 1904. It was not until the 2012 Olympics that it again was included on the Olympic program.
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American Eddie Eagan, who was a boxing gold medallist at the 1920 Games, became the only person to have won gold medals in both the Summer and Winter Games. He also won gold at the 1932 Lake Placid Games in the team bobsled event.
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In Rome, 1960, 18-year-old boxer Cassius Clay - later to be known as Muhammad Ali - became the light heavyweight boxing champion. In 1996, he returned to the Olympic Games to light the cauldron at the start of the Centennial Games.
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In 1976, five American boxers won gold medals, including three future world boxing champs: Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks, and Leon Spinks.
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In 1980, super-heavyweight Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba became the first boxer to win in the same weight division three times in a row.
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In 1992, Cuba won seven gold medals in boxing.
Related Pages
- Boxing was an event at the ancient Olympic Games
- List of Olympic Sports
