Amateur boxing: Some key moments in the sport’s history

1983 After several high profile deaths from head trauma, the American Medical Association calls for a ban on boxing.

1984 Padded headgear is introduced for the Los Angeles Olympics.

1992 The computerized punch-count system is used for amateur boxing in response to bizarre judging, but it also has the effect of emphasizing punch volume over power.

2006 Taiwan’s Wu Ching-Kuo is elected president of AIBA with plans to professionalize the organization and increase the sport’s profile and popularity.

2007 AIBA declares the word “amateur” is irrelevant and, though it kept the initials, it would now be known as the International Boxing Association with a new mission statement: “To Govern the Sport of Boxing Worldwide in all its Forms.”

2010 AIBA starts the World Series of Boxing (WSB), a semi-professional team-based boxing competition, to provide a bridge between Olympic boxing and professional boxing.

2011 AIBA announces AIBA Pro Boxing (APB), which allows boxers to fight professionally while maintaining their Olympic eligibility.

2012 Women’s boxing makes its Olympic debut in London.

2012 AIBA tells national federations to drop amateur from their names and logos.

2013 AIBA bans headgear for elite male amateurs, and adopts a professional-style 10-point scoring system, moving amateur boxing in form and rules closer to professional boxing.

2014 The headgear ban is extended for all male boxers 19 to 40 after 10 bouts and can be approved earlier. Women and youth are to be included in the future.

2014 The Commonwealth Games are the first multi-sport games with male boxers fighting without headgear. The 2014 Asian Games and 2015 Toronto Pan Am Games follow.

2015 Women and youth to fight without headgear starting in 2018, according to AIBA’s rule book.

2016 The International Olympic Committee approves no headgear for male boxers at the Rio Olympics this summer and AIBA announces it wants professional boxers in the Olympics.

2016 On June 1, AIBA will meet in Switzerland to vote on a controversial proposal to let professional boxers compete in Rio.

AIBA’s president claims 90 per cent of national federations are onside with the idea.