Busan 1997

Boxing is the original combat sport. It featured in the ancient Olympic Games, when opponents would fight each other with strips of leather wrapped around their fists.

After centuries of bloody – and sometimes deadly – bareknuckle fights in England, the sport was eventually regulated by the Queensbury rules, created by the Marquess of Queensbury in 1867.

Today’s best boxers fight their way to the top through a combination of strength and skill.

List of events

• men

  1. 48KG

  2. FLY WEIGHT, 51KG

  3. 54KG

  4. FEATHER WEIGHT, 57KG

  5. LIGHT WEIGHT, 60KG

  6. LIGHT WELTER WEIGHT, 64KG

  7. WELTER WEIGHT, 69KG

  8. MIDDLE WEIGHT, 75KG

  9. 81KG

  10. 91KG

  11. SUPER HEAVY, +91KG

  12. 46 - 49KG

  13. FLY WEIGHT, 52KG

  14. BANTAM WEIGHT, 56KG

  15. 45KG

  16. 51 - 54KG

  17. 54 - 57KG

  18. 57 - 60KG

  19. 60 - 64KG

  20. 64 - 69KG

  21. 69 - 75KG

  22. 75 - 81KG

  23. 81 - 91KG

  24. 48 - 51KG

  25. 60 - 63.5KG

  26. 67 - 71KG

  27. 63.5 - 67KG

  28. 71 - 75KG

  29. LIGHT FLY, -48KG

  30. 50.8 - 54KG

  31. FLY, -51KG

  32. BANTAM, -54KG

  33. FEATHER, -57KG

  34. HEAVY, -91KG

  35. LIGHT, -60KG

  36. LIGHT HEAVY, -81KG

  37. LIGHT WELTER, -64KG

  38. MIDDLE, -75KG

  39. WELTER, -69KG

  40. LIGHT FLY WEIGHT, 49KG

• women

  1. 46KG

  2. 48KG

  3. FLY WEIGHT, 51KG

  4. 54KG

  5. FEATHER WEIGHT, 57KG

  6. LIGHT WEIGHT, 60KG

  7. LIGHT WELTER WEIGHT, 64KG

  8. 69KG

  9. 48 - 51KG

  10. 56 - 60KG

  11. 69 - 75KG

  12. MIDDLE WEIGHT, 75KG