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With almost 100 years of Olympic's history under its belt, boxing is one of the most popular events of the Summer Games.

Famous American boxers who rose to world prominence at the Olympic games include light welterweight Sugar Ray Leonard (1976) and heavyweights Joe Frazier, (1964), George Foreman (1968) and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali, who took the gold at the Rome Olympics in 1960).

In Beijing, watch as yet another generation of young hopefuls compete in elimination rounds until the final when the last boxer standing wins the gold...

USA Boxing - USA boxing site lists rules, events, news on the team and the results. A special section on the summer games focuses on team members. They offer a poster of the boxing team for collectors.

BBC Olympics - Boxing - In-depth Olympic boxing featuring the latest updates, opinion pieces, articles and history with profiles on the world's top contenders.

NBC Olympics - Boxing - Who to watch, feature stories & athlete profiles, live updates from Beijing along with photos, video and complete U.S. TV schedule.

International Amateur Boxing Association - New on boxing events world wide with links to national boxing federations to keep updated no matter who you're rooting for. General news and olympics items can be found here.

Gateway to the Summer Games - Nice page on boxing with interesting facts and plenty of links to sites for additional information, tickets and history. Lesson plans and paralympics sections for anyone looking for kids information or special events.

US Olympic Team Boxing - The latest on the US boxing team with feature stories, news & updates.

Women's Boxing - The first officially sanctioned games were in the 1990s, so the sport of women's boxing is still too young to have a place at the Olympics. It's a growing sport and as the number of women boxers increases the sport gains more respectability and a bigger audience. If you want to find out more visit this site or follow some of the links they provide.

Boxing News - The latest headlines from a selection of international media report the breaking news on boxing.

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