![]() ![]() This is how the updated events and weight categories look like: For the female boxers, the weight categories added are featherweight (57 kg) and welterweight (69 kg) which is good in addition to the existing flyweight, lightweight and middleweight. Also, men’s featherweight (57 kg) was added and lastly, men’s lightweight has been restructured from 60 kg to 63 kg. New Categories added to the women’s categoryĪt the Tokyo 2020, with the vision of achieving a greater number of participation from the female boxers, Tokyo 2020 organizing committee has reduced the men’s events from 10 to 8 and has by pulling out Bantamweight and Light Welterweight categories respectively. And in the weight divisions, the men’s weight divisions start from 48kg Flyweight category and the highest weight limit will have as much as 91 kg or more in the Super Heavy category. Unlike most sports and across a plethora of events, boxing finds a special place in those events with around 8 disciplines in the Elite and Youth Men & Women boxing categories.Įxt year’s Tokyo Olympics has got to offer, Men’s boxing category will be having eight event programs while women’s boxing sport will have a five-event program. Out of the 206 nations (expected), competitors from 76 nations will be participating in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. Like any other sport in the Summer Olympics, Boxing finds an integral place in the list of the sports played by the participating nations. The match lasts for three rounds with each round lasting for three minutes. In general, the essence of the sport is “hit and avoid being hit’ to be the winner. The boxer who lands the most number of blows on the opponent boxer within the given rules wins the respective bout. Two athletes square up against each other in the boxing ring. Olympic Boxing is widely known as Amateur boxing and every edition of the Summer Olympics sees around 75-80 nations participating and competing in as many as 13 events. ![]()
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