Boxing: Ladies ring

IT IS KNOWN AS "boxing" that boxing was held at the ancient Olympic Games. In modern games, boxing - Male - appeared in St. Louis (USA) in 1904. Yet it was not until 2012, in London, will take place the first Olympic women's boxing match. The ring of Excel Stadium, the 36 pioneers come from Russia, the United States, China, Tajikistan, Nigeria ... But not France because no tri athlete won his qualification. They will be divided into three categories: fly (48-51 kg), lightweight (57-60 kg) and heavyweight (69-75 kg).

The boxers have grounded the last bastion of male sport when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced in 2009 that a women's tournament is held in London. A year earlier, the Beijing Olympics, boxing was still the only Olympic sport prohibits women.

Side Regulation, male and female tournaments will be identical. In London, the fighters will fight in a boxing ring square ...