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USA Boxing, formerly known as the United States Amateur Boxing Federation, has governed amateur and Olympic boxing in the United States since 1978. [6] USA Boxing officially recognized women's boxing in 1993, becoming the first organization to do so in the world with a fight between Dallas Malloy & Heather Poyner in Lynwood, Washington.
The United States competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.It was the first Summer Olympics in which the athletes marched under the present 50-star flag. 292 competitors, 241 men and 51 women, took part in 147 events in 17 sports.
American boxing Olympic medalist stubs (43 P) Pages in category "Olympic boxers for the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 222 total.
The world has changed greatly since the days an Olympic gold medal seemed like a birthright for the best American amateur boxers.
In 1992 Dallas Malloy won a case and USA Boxing admitted women to its program, being the first governing body in the world to do so. [37] An international organization for amateur boxing was begun in 1946, known as the International Amateur Boxing Association. The development amateur scene of boxing has seen the United States as a world beater.
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Omari 'The Banger' Jones (/ oʊ ˈ m ɑːr iː / oh-MAR-ee; born November 7, 2002) [1] [2] is an American professional boxer. [3] [4]As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the welterweight division at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships. [5]