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 Frazier in 1975. He workedas third man in the ring in many big names in boxing afterwards. In 2012, young Rey Danseco was adjudged as Judge of the Year of the World Boxing Council. He received the accolade in a rite held during the 50th Annual WBC Convention at the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancun, Mexico. To date, Danseco is the only Asian boxing ring official who got the award in such magnitude. He's also a three-consecutive Judge of the Year awardee in the Philippines, from 2010, 2011 and until before his migration to other country in 2012. He judged