Qualifying criteria for Olympic boxers

Must be born between January 1 1996

and December 31 1997
Continental qualication places will not be
considered by Sascoc. Only the International
Boxing Association (Aiba) can set qualication,
and ghters must have competed in at least one
Olympic qualifying event
Fighters must satisfy medical requirements
according to the Aiba technical rules and the Aiba
Open Boxing competition

Sascoc will consider qualications attained at:

The 2015 Aiba World

Boxing
Championships. The
tournament was held
in Doha, Qatar, in
October last year and
no South African
boxer participated

The nal AOB World

Olympic qualier in Baku,
Azerbaijan, from June 14
to 26. This is where
top-ranked boxers in
each weight category will
obtain quota places for
the Olympics

Compiled by Pule Mokhine, Graphic

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