Boxing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's light welterweight a 3 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 welterweight The women's light welterweight competition of the boxing events at the 2015 Pan American Games
The distance (boxing) for men. In the early days of bare-knuckle boxing, there was no limit on the number of rounds and so matches would be fought to a conclusion (i.e. with a knockout or tap out). For example, the match between Simon Byrne and James 'Deaf' Burke in 1833 lasted 3¼ hours. Subsequently, laws and rules were passed to prevent such protracted bouts. When John L. Sullivan made boxing under Queensbury rules with gloved hands popular, his matches were of a pre-determined length and the referee would decide the winner if they went the distance. If a match reached the prescribed limit