Women's boxing becomes Olympic sport - Democratic Underground

FarCenter

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:10 PM
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Women's boxing becomes Olympic sport

MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - Women's boxing has been added to the London 2012 Olympic Games, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.

"The decision was a recognition that women's boxing has made substantial progress in universality and technical quality of the athletes since the IOC last considered the discipline in 2005," the press release on the website said.

Women boxers will compete in three weight classes, with 12 competitors each in flyweight, lightweight and middleweight.

One of the 11 man's classes will be dropped as there is a limit of 286 boxers in the Olympics, so the committee left only 10 men's and three women's events, representing an additional two boxing events on the program.

<SNIP> http://en.rian.ru/sports/20090813/155803685.html

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Taverner

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:15 PM
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1. Awesome! I think...

Not a fan of either boxing, but why should men have all the fun?

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me b zola

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:20 PM
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2. Right on!

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Captain Hilts

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:25 PM
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3. They really go at each other, just as light weights do. nt

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Curtland1015

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:26 PM
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4. I can't stand boxing.

But I enjoy MMA. I don't know why...

Either way, if women want to do it then more power to them. I just don't know why ANYONE would want to do it.

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Jokerman

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:27 PM
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5. An equal right to beat the crap out of each other.

Progressive and barbaric all at the same time!

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Captain Hilts

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Thu Aug-13-09 03:34 PM
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6. We have a winnah!!!! nt

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Strong Atheist

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Thu Aug-13-09 04:08 PM
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7. +1. nt.

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proteus_lives

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Thu Aug-13-09 04:10 PM
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8. Good for them!

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SoCalDem

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Thu Aug-13-09 04:12 PM
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9. What... they voted against women's nude jello-wrestling?

oh well..just let the ladies punch the shit out of each other :puke:

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