Amateur boxing Amateur boxing Amateur boxing (also called Olympic Boxing) is a variant of boxing practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration, comprising three rounds of three minutes in men, and four rounds of two minutes in women, each with a one-minute interval between rounds. Men's senior bouts changed in format from four two-minute rounds to three three-minute rounds on January 1, 2009. This type of competition prizes point-scoring blows, based on number of clean punches landed, rather than physical power. Also,
Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's light heavyweight rounds "10-point must" scoring system used in the pro game, where the winner of each round must be awarded 10 points and the loser a lesser amount. AIBA officials are waiting to see how things go in the men's game before making a decision to take head gear off women fighters. Five judges scored each bout. The winner will be the boxer who scored the most at the end of the match. Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's light heavyweight The light heavyweight competition of the boxing events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario,