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Boxing At The 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprises a total of 248 boxers coming from the different NOCs, about forty fewer overall than those in Tokyo 2020. Each NOC could only send a single boxer in each of the thirteen weight categories (seven for men and six for women). In June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred the International Boxing Association (amateur), International Boxing Association's (IBA) rights to run and organize the tournament due to "continuing irregularity issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics, refereeing, and judging". Hence, the IOC executive board established and ratified a new qualification system for Paris 2024 that would witness the boxers obtain the quota spots through the continental multisport events, reducing the complexity of the process. The qualification period commences at five regional multisport events in the middle of the 2023 season (Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2024 Summer Olympics
The boxing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 27 July to 10 August. Preliminary boxing matches will occur at Parc des Expositions de Villepinte, Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at the iconic Roland Garros Stadium. The boxing program for Paris 2024 will feature the same amount of weight categories as those in the previous three editions, consisting of thirteen in total (seven for men and six for women). Pursuant to the International Olympic Committee's mission of attaining full gender equality, the program continues to remain updated with the number of men's weight classes reduced by one contrary to the women's side by an increase of one weight category. In June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred the International Boxing Association (amateur), International Boxing Association's (IBA) rights to run and organize the tournament due to "cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2023 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ... in Paris, France was held in Dakar, Senegal from 9 to 15 September 2023. Medalists Men Women Qualification summary Results Men Flyweight (51 kg) Featherweight (57 kg) Light welterweight (63.5 kg) Light middleweight (71 kg) Light heavyweight (80 kg) Heavyweight (92 kg) Super heavyweight (+92 kg) Women Light flyweight (50 kg) Bantamweight (54 kg) Featherweight (57 kg) Lightweight (60 kg) Welterweight (66 kg) Middleweight (75 kg) References {{reflist Boxing Olympic Qualification Africa Boxing qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics African Boxing Olympic Qualificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavyweight (92 Kg)
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Male boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, and the World Boxing Organization. In 2020, the World Boxing Council increased their heavyweight classification to 224 pounds (102 kg; 16 st) to allow for their creation of the bridgerweight division. Female boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 2 of the 4 major boxing organizations: the IBF and the WBC. The WBA and WBO don't have a female heavyweight world title. Historical development Because this division had no weight limit, it has been historically vaguely defined. In the 19th century, for example, many heavyweight champions weighed or less (although others weighed 200 pounds). In 1920, the light heavyweight division was formed, with a maximum weight of . Any fighter weighin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middleweight (80 Kg)
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to . Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1867. Chandler won, becoming known as the American middleweight champion. The first middleweight fight with gloves ''may'' have been between George Fulljames and Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (no relation to the more famous heavyweight Jack Dempsey). Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of June 20, 2023. Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world middleweight champions Below is a list of longest reigning middleweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welterweight (71 Kg)
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents. In most sports that use it, welterweight is heavier than lightweight but lighter than middleweight. Etymology The first known instance of the term is from 1831, meaning "heavyweight horseman," later "boxer or wrestler of a certain weight" by 1896. This sense comes from earlier "welter" "heavyweight horseman or boxer" from 1804, possibly from "welt", meaning "to beat severely", from 15th century. Boxing Professional boxing A professional welterweight boxer's weight is greater than 140 pounds, and no more than 147 pounds (about 63-67kg). Current world champions Current champions Current world rankings ='' The Ring''= As of July 29, 2023. Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= . Longest reigning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lightweight (63
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. Notable lightweight boxers include Henry Armstrong, Ken Buchanan, Tony Canzoneri, Pedro Carrasco, Joel Casamayor, Al "Bummy" Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Ángel González, Carlos Ortiz, Katie Taylor, Edwin Valero, Len Wickwar, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and Ike Williams. Current world champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of June 20, 2022. Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion =BoxRec= As of , . Longest reigning world lightweight champions Below is a list of "longest reigning lightweight champions" career time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featherweight (57 Kg)
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this limit fluctuated. The British have generally always recognized the limit at 126 pounds, but in America the weight limit was at first 114 pounds. An early champion, George Dixon, moved the limit to 120 and then 122 pounds. Finally, in 1920 the United States fixed the limit at 126 pounds. The 1860 fight between Nobby Clark and Jim Elliott is sometimes called the first featherweight championship. However, the division only gained wide acceptance in 1889 after the Ike Weir–Frank Murphy fight (one of the most famous fights of all time). Since the end of the 2000s and early 2010s the featherweight division is one of the most active in boxing with fighters such as Orlando Salido, Chris John, Juan Manuel López, Celestino Caballero, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flyweight (51 Kg)
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of boxing's eight traditional weight classes to be established. Before 1909, anyone below featherweight was considered a bantamweight, regardless of how small the boxer. In 1911, the organization that eventually became the British Boxing Board of Control held a match that crowned Sid Smith as the first flyweight champion of the world. Jimmy Wilde, who reigned from 1916 to 1923, was the first fighter recognized both in Britain and the United States as a flyweight champion. Other notable flyweights include Victor Perez, Pancho Villa, Walter McGowan, Pascual Pérez, Pone Kingpetch, Fighting Harada, Masao Ohba, Chartchai Chionoi, Efren Torres, Erbito Salavarria, Miguel Canto, Dave McAuley, Charlie Magri, Gabriel Bernal, Santos Laci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10.539 million as of 2020, 15.3 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam, later renamed Thailand, during the late-19th century, as the country faced pressures from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2
The 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 for the boxing tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 24 May to 2 June 2024. Quota winners Men Women Qualification summary Men's results Flyweight (51 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Featherweight (57 kg) ;Quota bouts ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light welterweight (63.5 kg) ;Last Quota bout ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light middleweight (71 kg) ;Last Quota bout ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light heavyweight (80 kg) ;Quota bouts ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Heavyweight (92 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Super heavyweight (+92 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Women's results Light flyweight (50 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Bantamweight (5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busto Arsizio
Busto Arsizio (; lmo, label= Bustocco, Büsti Grandi) is an Italian city and ''comune'' in the south-easternmost part of the Province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, in Northern Italy, north of Milan. The economy of Busto Arsizio is mainly based on industry and commerce. It is the fifth municipality in the region by population and the first in the province. History Despite some claims about a Celtic heritage, recent studies suggest that the "''Bustocchi''s ancestors were Ligurians, called "wild" by Pliny, "marauders and robbers" by Livy and "unshaven and hairy" by Pompeius Tragus. They were skilled ironworkers and much sought after as mercenary soldiers. A remote Ligurian influence is perceptible in the local dialect, Büstócu, slightly different from other Western Lombard varieties, according to a local expert and historian Luigi Giavini. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1
The 2024 World Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 for the boxing tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ... in Paris, France was held in Busto Arsizio, Italy from 3 to 11 March 2024. Quota winners Men Women Qualification summary Results Men Flyweight (51 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Featherweight (57 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light welterweight (63.5 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light middleweight (71 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Light heavyweight (80 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Heavyweight (92 kg) ;Section 1 ;Section 2 ;Section 3 ;Section 4 Super heavyweight (+92 kg) ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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