USSR Commemorative Silver Coin

Series: Games of XXII Olympiad. Moscow. 1980
Boxing

Par : 10 rubles

Release Date: 1979

Mint:Leningrad Mint(LMD) ( ST. Petersburg)

The birth hour of boxing as a sport may be its acceptance as an Olympic game as early as 688 BC. Modern boxing evolved in Europe. Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the sport at the time. The 2008 Summer Olympics was the final games with boxing as a male only event. Beginning with the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing will be included in the programme.