The request will be officially made to the IOC, the AIBA said in a statement, following a meeting of the body's executive committee in Beijing.

"The AIBA Executive Committee announced its full support for including women's boxing in the 2012 Olympic Games and agreed to develop a proposal and submit it to the IOC in the coming months," said the statement.

The meeting also agreed to introduce three rounds of three minutes instead of four rounds of two, as well as 11 weight categories for women's and youth boxing.

"Weight categories for women and youth girls will be aligned more closely with men to feature 11 weight categories - 46kg 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg, 69kg, 75kg, 81kg and +81 kg, effective from January 1, 2009."

It was also agreed to remove the scoring jury. AIBA president Ching-Kuo Wu, meanwhile, said he was happy with the ongoing Olympic boxing tournament despite numerous controversies over judging.