AIBA votes for women's boxing in 2012 Olympics

MILAN – The International Amateur Boxing Association voted Wednesday to move ahead with a bid to include women’s boxing in the Olympics, starting with the 2012 Games in London.

Boxing is the only one of the 26 Olympic summer sports federations without female competitors.

AIBA president Ching-Kuo Wu said the executive committee voted unanimously to introduce women’s boxing into the Olympics and that an official application would be submitted to the International Olympic Committee at the end of the month.

The IOC would vote on the proposal at its session in Copenhagen in October. (AP)