2016 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2016 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2016 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is held between March 25 and April 2, 2016 at the Tangshan Jiujiang Sport Center in Qian'an, China. 279 boxers entered the qualification tournament. The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016
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