Boxing

Basics
Boxing at the 2012 Olympics consists of 13 tournaments, one for each weight class. For the first time, women's boxing will be held as a medal event.

The U.S.'s only medal of 2008 came thanks to heavyweight Deontay Wilder.

Men's weight classes (kilogram amounts are official)

• Flyweight (Up to 51kg/112 lbs)

• Bantamweight (Over 51kg/112 lbs up to 54kg/119 lbs)

• Featherweight (Over 54kg/119 lbs up to 57kg/126 lbs)

• Lightweight (Over 57kg/126 lbs up to 60kg/132 lbs)

• Light welterweight (Over 60kg/132 lbs up to 64kg/141 lbs)

• Welterweight (Over 64kg/141 lbs up to 69 kg/152 lbs)

• Middleweight (Over 69kg/152 lbs up to 75 kg/165 lbs)

• Light heavyweight (Over 75 kg/165 lbs up to 81kg/179 lbs)

• Heavyweight (Over 81 kg/179 lbs up to 91 kg/201 lbs)

• Super heavyweight (Over 91kg/201 lbs)

Women's weight classes (kilogram amounts are official)

• Flyweight (48 to 51 kilograms, or about 106-112 pounds)

• Lightweight (56 to 60 kilograms, or about 123-132 pounds)

• Middleweight (69-75 kilograms, or about 152-165 pounds)

The women's weight classes are not consecutive, meaning that a female boxer will have to fit into one of the designated ranges in order to compete.

Venue
Boxing will be held at the ExCeL Exhibition Center in London.

Beijing recap
77 nations took part in the boxing competition at the 2008 Games. Cuba won the medal count, with eight medals (four silver, four bronze) but, for the first time in a non-boycotted Games since 1968, did not win a single gold medal.

Nine nations shared the gold medals in the eleven weight classes. China and Russia were the only nations to win two gold medals.

The all-time leader in boxing medals at the Olympics, the U.S. posted its worst-ever record at a non-boycotted Games. Only one boxer, heavyweight Deontay Wilder, won a medal, sharing the bronze medal with Cuba's Osmay Acosta.