There should be an increase in women boxers at the 2016 Olympics in Rio after the success of the inaugural competition at the London Games, amateur boxing chief Dr Ching-Kuo Wu said Sunday. The 65-year-old Taiwanese admitted that it was not realistic to expect all 10 categories to be contested in Brazil, but he said there were four years to go and he would lobby hard for an increase from the 36 who fought in London. All three categories were well-received by the 10,000 spectators with finals day on Thursday even resembling a fight at the National Stadium in Dublin as the arena was bedecked in Irish flags for Katie Taylor, who won lightweight gold. “I think the women’s performances were magnificent,” said Wu, whose lobbying paid off when the IOC Executive Board voted the sport on to the schedule in 2009. “IOC President Jacques Rogge was here for the women’s finals and he was so impressed and happy to have brought it into the Games.
