Amateur and Professional Competition

For those interesting in pursuing boxing to qualify for the Olympics or as a professional, Westside Boxing is proud to be a member of USA Boxing.
Since becoming an organized sport in 1888, Olympic-style or amateur boxing has enjoyed a rich tradition of excellence in the United States. The sport has provided competitive opportunities for hundreds and thousands of young men and now young women. When Olympic-style boxing was organized as one of the first sports in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the sport's popularity was mainly limited to the United States. In the early years, amateur boxing's rules were based primarily on professional boxing's regulations.
The popularity of Olympic-style's boxing has spread worldwide since that time and has developed its own identity and rules independent of pro boxing.
The International Amateur Boxing Association was formed in 1946, creating an international body for amateur boxing. Throughout the sport's development process, the United States has been a world leader among nations in creating competitive opportunities, enhancing the sport's image and making amateur boxing safer for all of its participants.
The sport first gained Olympic inclusion in 1904 and since that time, United States boxers have won 106 Olympic medals: 47 gold, 23 silver and 36 bronze in men’s boxing. Following an IOC decision in August of 2009, women’s boxing will make its Olympic debut in 2012, with three weight divisions – flyweight (112 lbs), lightweight (132 lbs), and middleweight (165 lbs) being contested. Twelve boxers in each of the three Olympic weight divisions will earn berths in the 2012 Olympic Games with the 2012 Women’s World Championships in May of 2012 serving as the sole international qualifier for the event. Women’s boxing will also make its first appearance in the Pan American Games in the 2011 event in Guadalajara, Mexico with the flyweight, lightweight and middleweight divisions being contested in an Olympic preview.
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Since becoming an organized sport in 1888, Olympic-style or amateur boxing has enjoyed a rich tradition of excellence in the United States. The sport has provided competitive opportunities for hundreds and thousands of young men and now young women. When Olympic-style boxing was organized as one of the first sports in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the sport's popularity was mainly limited to the United States. In the early years, amateur boxing's rules were based primarily on professional boxing's regulations.
The popularity of Olympic-style's boxing has spread worldwide since that time and has developed its own identity and rules independent of pro boxing.
The International Amateur Boxing Association was formed in 1946, creating an international body for amateur boxing. Throughout the sport's development process, the United States has been a world leader among nations in creating competitive opportunities, enhancing the sport's image and making amateur boxing safer for all of its participants.
The sport first gained Olympic inclusion in 1904 and since that time, United States boxers have won 106 Olympic medals: 47 gold, 23 silver and 36 bronze in men’s boxing. Following an IOC decision in August of 2009, women’s boxing will make its Olympic debut in 2012, with three weight divisions – flyweight (112 lbs), lightweight (132 lbs), and middleweight (165 lbs) being contested. Twelve boxers in each of the three Olympic weight divisions will earn berths in the 2012 Olympic Games with the 2012 Women’s World Championships in May of 2012 serving as the sole international qualifier for the event. Women’s boxing will also make its first appearance in the Pan American Games in the 2011 event in Guadalajara, Mexico with the flyweight, lightweight and middleweight divisions being contested in an Olympic preview.
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