The Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall is an indoor arena that is located in Peristeri, west

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. The hall was the site of 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 predetermine ...

events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue originally seated 8,400, though it had a public capacity of only 5,600 for the 2004 Olympics.

History

After the 2004 Summer Olympics, the indoor facility was partially converted into a 3,000 seat outdoor

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. This lowered the seating capacity of the indoor arena from 8,400 to 2,305. The indoor arena has since been mainly used for

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competitions, and at times to host

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games of the Greek club Peristeri. Since the summer of 2007, the outdoor

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pitch has been used as a training center by the Greek club Atromitos.Atromitos FC Sports Complex

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