Women's boxing will be included at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the president of the International Olympic Committee announced Thursday.

Women's boxing will make its Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games, giving all 26 sports on the program female and male competitors.

The International Olympic Committee Executive Board announced today that the sport of women’s boxing will be added to the schedule for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. Boxing was ...

Britain's Nicola Adams, left, and India's Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte fight during their women's flyweight 51-kg semifinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 8 ...

By the time she retired in 2012, Martin had completed her career ... new female boxers from entering the field, citing how women's boxing is having a "tough time" growing and this act by the ...

Women’s boxing was added to the Games in 2012, two decades after USA Boxing officially lifted its ban on the sport in 1993, per USA Boxing. No-contact boxing, ...

Boxing, however, has been among the slowest sports to add opportunities for women. Women boxers first competed in the London 2012 Olympics, under just three weight classes. In comparison ...

“And it set back the growth.” Women’s boxing didn’t debut as an Olympic event until nearly two decades later, in 2012 — more than 100 years after men’s boxing was introduced.

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- Women's boxing will be included at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the president of the International Olympic Committee announced Thursday.