The Chinese boxing community was over the moon as women's boxing punches ticket for the Olympics.

"The IOC's decision will not only glamorize the obscure sport in a wider context globally, but should also greatly elevate the sport of women's boxing in China," Jianping Chang, the president of the Chinese Boxing Association told CRI English. "China will have a great chance to grab another two gold medals at the London Olympic Games."

Before women's boxing won its fight for the Olympics, the Women's World Championships was the sport's highest profile tournament. China dominated the sport in at last year's games, tallying five golds, two silvers and four bronzes and leaving runner-up Turkey, with three golds and four bronzes, in the dust.

Moreover, China was one of four boxing powerhouses, along with Russia, America and the Ukraine, to jab its way into all 13 weight classes of the tournament, demonstrating its overall competitive edge and extraordinary balancing between weight categories.

However, in sharp contrast with China, the two former dominating forces, Russia and the United States, suffered a gold drought between the ropes, and the motherland that bred the current undisputed heavyweight king, Wladimir Klitschko, barely clutched one bronze.

China's leverage in the noble art of women's boxing is not just impressive, it's explosive and exclusive.

On paper, China would arguably benefit from the International Olympic Committee opening its arms to include women's boxing in the London Games.

"To say that we have already booked all three of the London Olympic gold medals in women's boxing is surely an overstatement," Chang said with a smile.

"Accurately put, there are possibilities that China strives for golds in all three divisions."

Women will compete in the flyweight (48-51 kg), lightweight (56-60 kg) and middleweight (69-75 kg) divisions in the 2012 Olympic boxing matches.

Of the five gold medals China clinched during the 2008 Women's World Championships, four of them fall into the approved standardized Olympic weight classes. Further, altogether eight female Chinese boxers won medals in the three aforementioned weight classes last year during the championships.

Meanwhile, 80 kg female gold medalist Jieli Yang is endeavoring to make middleweight in order to represent her country and shine on the brightest stage in amateur boxing.

By this token, China would have its pick of the best of the best to represent it on the London battlefield.

Aside from an exceptional lightweight English female boxer, China has a serious shot at the Olympic golds, Chang observed.

Interestingly, two Chinese prizefighters, the former WBA, WIBC and WIBA super flyweight world champion Xiyan Zhang and the WIBA super flyweight titlist Jing Cheng, both went back from the professional ranks to the amateur regime, joining the forces of the interim national women's boxing team of China.

With two former top-notch pros added to the lineup, China is more than likely to strike a series of beautiful combinations in the London Olympic ring.

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