Battle of Honey Springs

The women's flyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events was joined by three women's events: flyweight, middleweight, and lightweight.^[1]

Nicola Adams from Great Britain won the gold medal — the first Olympic gold ever awarded in women's boxing. Adams beat China's Ren Cancan by 16 points to seven in the final.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-finalists, Marlen Esparza of the United States and Mary Kom of India. Each bout comprised four rounds of two minutes each.^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 5 August 2012	13:30	Round of 16
Monday 6 August 2012	13:30	Quarter-finals
Wednesday 8 August 2012	13:30	Semi-finals
Thursday 9 August 2012	16:30	Final

Results

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

						Ren Cancan (CHN)		12
	Elena Savelyeva (RUS)		12			Elena Savelyeva (RUS)		7
	Kim Hye-song (PRK)		9								Ren Cancan (CHN)		10
	Érica Matos (BRA)		14								Marlen Esparza (USA)		8
	Karlha Magliocco (VEN)		15			Karlha Magliocco (VEN)		16
						Marlen Esparza (USA)		24
																Ren Cancan (CHN)		7
																Nicola Adams (GBR)		16
						Maroua Rahali (TUN)		6
	Karolina Michalczuk (POL)		14			Mary Kom (IND)		15
	Mary Kom (IND)		19								Mary Kom (IND)		6
	Stoyka Petrova (BUL)		23								Nicola Adams (GBR)		11
	Siona Fernandes (NZL)		11			Stoyka Petrova (BUL)		7
						Nicola Adams (GBR)		16

References

^ Women's Boxing to make Olympic debut at London 2012. Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
^ Women's competition format. Archived 2012-09-19 at archive.today Accessed 2 May 2012.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_flyweight