Boxing at 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 was included in the Olympic programme for the first time, with female boxers
History of boxing in the Philippines the world championship fights of some of the big names in boxing in this generation like Canelo Alvarez, Danny Garcia, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Bernard Hopkins, Austin Trout, Gerry Penalosa, and Pongsaklek Wonjongkam to mention a few. LEGENDS: Affiliated with World Boxing Council, Affiliated with World Boxing Organization (*) Boxer of Filipino heritage [due to parent's nationality, residence or other circumstances] (*) Did not qualify for Olympics. LEGENDS: History of boxing in the Philippines The history of boxing in the Philippines is the history of boxing and the evolution and progress of the sport in the Philippines. In the Philippines,