Boxing has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games.
Editions GamesYear EventsBest Nation1 2010 11 (11M+0W) 2 2014 13 (10M+3W) 3 2018 13 (9M+4W) 4 2026 10 (5M+5W)
Format The boxing competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has changed over the years and the definition of each class has changed as shown in the following tables.
+ Men's weight classes 2010 2014 2018Super Heavyweight+91 kgHeavyweight81–91 kgLight Heavyweight75–81 kgMiddleweight69–75 kgWelterweight64–69 kgLight Welterweight60–64 kgLightweight57–60 kg Lightweight56–60 kgFeatherweight54–57 kg Bantamweight52–56 kgBantamweight51–54 kgFlyweight48–51 kg Flyweight49–52 Light Flyweight-48 kg Light Flyweight46–49 kg 11109
+ Women's weight classes 2014 2018Middleweight69–75 kgLightweight57–60 kg Featherweight54–57 kgFlyweight48–51 kg3 4
Medal table As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Participating nations No. of boys boxers 66 60 54 No. of girls boxers 0 18 28 No. of boxers 66 78 82 No. of nations 48 36 38 No. of new nations 48 13 8
See also Boxing at the Summer Olympics
External links Youth Olympic Games