Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics disputes regarding refereeing and officiating at the boxing events in the 2012 Summer Olympics: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics The boxing tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. A total of 286 competitors took part in 13 events. For the first time at an Olympic Games, women competed in three boxing events. The first Olympic gold medal in women's boxing was awarded to Nicola Adams from Great Britain, who won the flyweight tournament on 9 August 2012. Men competed in the following ten events: Women's
Boxing in Armenia took place in the Karen Demirchyan Sports Complex. All Armenian boxers won their matches. The event was headlined by Vic Darchinyan and Evans Mbamba. Darchinyan defeated Mbamba to retain his IBO Bantamweight title. Armenia hosted the 2012 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships from November 25 to December 8 in Yerevan. During the Soviet era, two boxers from Yerevan, Armenian SSR also won Olympic medals. Vladimir Yengibaryan acquired a gold medal in 1956 and David Torosyan a bronze medal in 1976. The only Olympic medal for Armenia was won by Hrachik Javakhyan at the 2008 Beijing Games. Two boxers: Vic Darchinyan