Boxing – An Introduction: Boxing has to be one of the most primitive sports known to mankind. Although the rules have changed over the years, the basic idea continues to remain the same. Two individuals of roughly similar weights try to outfight each other with the help of fist punches. The techniques have grown over the years, as have the medical concerns surrounding the sports. Modern boxing is a sports that successfully blends power with skill and strategies. There are clear divisions between amateur and professional boxing, and the sports continues to enjoy great popularity among the masses.
Boxing in Olympics: Boxing was not a part of the first modern Olympics in 1896. However, it was soon introduced as a sporting event in the Olympics of 1904. From then on, it has been a prominent feature in all the Summer Games barring the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. The sports was banned by Swedish law, resulting in the exclusion of the event in that particular version of the Summer Games. Olympic Boxing was traditionally held in five weight categories. The categories of boxing in Olympic has been reworked many times, and the structure that will be followed in the Beijing Summer Games in 2008 will have about twelve categories.
Boxing in Beijing Summer Games 2008: Boxing will feature prominently in the Beijing Summer Games of 2008. the competition will be held in twelve categories on the basis of the competitors weight ranging from Super Heavyweight to Light Flyweight. The fights will be held from 9th to 24th August, and will involve participants from across the world participating in various categories.
Some of the biggest names to participate in Beijing Summer Games boxing are Eage Kyowa, Mohammad Rachman Sawaluddin, Nobuo Nashiro, Jorge Arce, Rudolfo Kopez and Souleymane M'baye.
