Summary "Women's boxing is now taking place in every continent."
WELLINGTON (AFP) - Women s boxing made its debut at the Pacific Games, in a development hailed Wednesday as a milestone by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
The Games, featuring athletes from around Oceania, are being staged in Papua New Guinea this year and the women s boxing competition began in Port Moresby on Tuesday.
"This is another step forward for the development of women s boxing in this part of the world and a historic moment for AIBA," the association s president Wu Ching-Kuo said in a statement.
"Women s boxing is now taking place in every continent."
Wu said women s boxing had made great progress since it made its Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games.
