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Peter Hamlyn speaks about female boxing

‘Women's boxing at the London 2012 Olympics: raging belle’
Telegraph.co.uk

Institute of Health Sciences Education: Peter Hamlyn

Women’s boxing will be recognised as an Olympic sport for the first time at the London 2012 games and Britain’s two-time and current amateur lightweight Katie Taylor is aiming for a gold medal. Many have criticised the introduction of the event to the Olympics although Hamlyn says it is no more dangerous than male boxing. He said: “The medical risks associated with women boxing aren’t any more serious than for men. There are no medical statistics to say female boxing is not as safe, and I can’t see a physiological reason why it would be more dangerous.”

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