The distance (boxing) The distance (boxing) The distance, in boxing, refers to the full number of rounds in a match. It is frequently used in the expression "going the distance," which means fighting a full bout without being knocked out. In title fights, this is called "the championship distance," which once was 15 rounds but today usually means 12 rounds (See history section), though there were some ten-round championship matches. Non-title fights can be of any length under 12 rounds but are typically 10 rounds or fewer. Women's championship boxing is ten rounds or fewer, each round lasting 2 minutes instead of 3
Women's boxing in Scranton, The United States. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge announced that it would be an Olympic sport at the 2012 Games in London. Women were allowed to competitively box for the first time at the Olympics during the 2012 Summer Olympics, producing the world's first 12 female Olympic medalist boxers. In 2015 the World Boxing Federation unified various women's titles to have one title holder. Barbara Buttrick was the first televised boxing match between two women on television and radio. During the 1970s, a popular female boxer named Cathy 'Cat' Davis came out of the United States