International Journal of Physical Education Sports Management and Yogic Sciences
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 3

The journey of boxing in olympic games 1904 to 2016

Head, Department of Physical Education & Sports sciences, G.D. Goenka Public School, Delhi

Online published on 18 October, 2021.

Abstract

This article has been in terms to the designed to know the journey of sport boxing in Olympics games. The aim of this article is to provide the information of beginning of sport boxing in Olympic Games. Through the historical facts, and biography of players, reports of each Olympic Games and some fascinated facts provided the knowledge about boxing and its journey in Olympic Games. All the facts and data has been collected from the reliable sources like Ancient Greek Olympics-the first Olympic Games in Greece files, Boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games and History of Boxing at Olympic Studies Centre. As a conclusion it has been observed that boxing has to face many difficulties to get itself include in Olympic Games. Modern Olympic Games started in 1896 but boxing got its debut in 1904 and in 1920 Olympic Games it has been excluded from Olympics. Through this article all the ups and downs, changes and improvement has been mentioned.