Women will be allowed to box at the 2012 Olympics for the first time. In a landmark ruling, the International Olympic Committee decided they could participate for the first time since a demonstration event at the St Louis Games in 1904. This decision has been greeted with mixed reactions. Campaigners for gender equality have said that this is a step in the right direction which will help in their objective of redressing the Olympic gender imbalance which sees men competing for 38 more medals than women. Whilst sportswomen are delighted about this new development, the British Medical Association say boxing is dangerous, irrespective of gender, and many traditionalists who still consider it a 'man's sport', have pointed out that they will never promote women in boxing.
According to the ruling announced by the IOC president, Jacques Rogge, three women's weight classes will be added for 2012, with one of the 11 men's classes dropped to make room for them. Rogge, a former doctor for the sport, said: "Boxing was the only sport with no women included. The sport has progressed a tremendous amount in the last five years and it is about time to include it in the games."
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