Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight
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The Light Flyweight class in the
boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
competition was the lightest class.
Light flyweight Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing. Professional boxing The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920 ...
s were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48
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s (105.8 lbs). 24 boxers qualified for this category. It was the first appearance of this category in Olympic Boxing competitions. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of three three-minute rounds each. Five judges scored each bout.


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