First Olympic inclusion of Women’s Boxing

The first time that Women’s Boxing has been in included in the Summer Olympic Games programme is at the 2012 Games held in London, UK. Female athletes will compete at three weights, Flyweight (48-51kg), Lightweight (56-60kg) and Middleweight (69-75kg). Women’s boxing was an exhibition sport at the St Louis Olympic Games in 1904. Team GB had three boxers at London 2012: Nicola Adams (flyweight), Natasha Jonas (lightweight) and Savannah Marshall (middleweight). Marshall became Britain’s first women’s world boxing champion on 19 May 2012. The winner of the first women's bout at the Olympics was Elena Savelyeva (Russia), who beat Hye Song Kim (North Korea) 12-9 at London's ExCeL centre on 5 August 2012.