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2. Boxing at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   At the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing events were added to the programme for the first time. [2] In 2016, the IBA allowed professional boxers to compete in Olympic events, previously being limited to amateur or state-funded boxers, for the first time. [6] [7]

3. Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. [1] Thirteen events were staged, the same number as in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. However, for the first time since the London Games, the programme has been updated, with the number of men's events ...

4. Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   The boxing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris [1] ran from 27 July to 10 August. [2] Preliminary boxing matches occurred at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at the Stade Roland Garros. [3]

5. Olympic boxing controversy sparks fierce debate over ...

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   The Olympics, however, have broader eligibility rules. “I think we all have a responsibility to dial down this and not turn it into some kind of witch hunt,” International Olympic Committee ...

6. Kickboxing - Wikipedia

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   Kickboxing (/ ˈ k ɪ k b ɒ k s ɪ ŋ / KIK-boks-ing) is a full-contact hybrid martial art and boxing type based on punching and kicking. Kickboxing originated in the 1950s to 1970s. [ 2 ] The fight takes place in a boxing ring , normally with boxing gloves , mouth guards , shorts, and bare feet to favor the use of kicks .

7. IOC banishes boxing governing body from Olympics, but the ...

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   Boxing was never really in danger of being kicked out of the Olympics over the four years since the IOC suspended the sport's governing body in an effort to force changes. “We highly value the ...

8. IOC won't change boxing age limit to let Manny Pacquiao ...

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   The International Olympic Committee will not change its rules on age limits to let boxing great Manny Pacquiao compete at the Paris Games. Pacquiao, who retired in 2021, wanted to box at age 45 in ...

9. World Association of Kickboxing Organizations - Wikipedia

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   Kick-light is an intermediate stage between semi-kick and low-kick kickboxing. All strikes are controlled; full force is prohibited. Opponents are allowed to hit each other with punches and kicks. Kicks striking the thigh (only from outside to inside and vice versa) are permitted. [11] Foot sweeps are allowed. Elbows and knees are forbidden.