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

“We are thrilled that the IOC Executive Committee has voted to add women’s boxing events to the 2012 Olympic Program. The ‘yes’ vote means that female boxers will now be able to share in ...

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, 2012, in ...

In a poignant farewell to the global boxing fraternity, Chief Inspector Nelka Shiromala Thampu — Sri Lanka’s first and most ...

Former boxing champion Christy Martin discusses how USA Boxing's new transgender policy could hurt the growth of women's boxing and potentially cause ... By the time she retired in 2012, ...

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, ...

Women's boxing has seen a resurgence since the sport was allowed to compete in the 2012 Olympics in London. Since then, fighters like Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor have gone on to win ...

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, men ...

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.