March 26 - Former world boxing champion Glenn McCrory (pictured) has predicted that Newcastle will be dancing to a latin beat in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics.

AUGUST 31 - GARY KEEGAN (pictured) today revealed why he turned down the opportunity of overseeing the preparations of Britain's boxing team for London 2012.

THE International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has voted to officially move ahead with a bid to include women's boxing in the Olympics, starting with the 2012 Games in London.

June 2 - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba's triple Olympic boxing champion, has been banned from helping London 2012 launch its new logo on Tuesday.

THE president of the International Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) has said today that he is hopeful that women will be included on the programme for the 2012 Olympics.

THE influential President of the European Olympic Committee, Pat Hickey (pictured), has expressed his confidence that women's boxing will be included in the 2012 Olympics.

KATIE TAYLOR (pictured), who won her second consecutive World Women's Boxing gold medal on Saturday, today said she is desperate for the sport to be included in the London 2012 Olympics.

LEEDS bantamweight Nicola Adams (pictured) today moved within one more win of becoming England's first women's world amateur boxing champion just as the sport begins to prepare for its inclusion in the London 2012 Olympics.

BRITISH BOXING could turn to Ireland's performance director for London 2012 but all sports will be hoping that doubts over a missing £100 million in funding are soon resolved, as DAVID OWEN reports

August 27 - Mary Kom (pictured), a four-time women's world boxing champion, has signed up with Olympic Gold Quest, a foundation dedicated to helping India's athletes, to help her with her preprations for London 2012.

BRITAIN will be such a major boxing power by the time of the 2012 Olympics that they will beat Cuba in the medals table, it was predicted today by head coach Terry Edwards.

July 14 - Terry Edwards (pictured), who led Britain's boxers to their most successful Olympic performance for more than half-a-century in Beijing last year, has a new role in the sport, it has been announced.

August 25 - China is hoping to build on its success in the ring at last year's Beijing Olympics by launching the country's first national amateur boxing league next year, the country's Boxing Federation has announced.

August 25 - China is confident of winning at least two of the three gold medals available when women's boxing makes its debut at London 2012, the President of the country's national boxing association has claimed.