The Netherlands entered three boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament for the first time since 1992. Peter Müllenberg was the first Dutch boxer being selected to the Olympic team with a semifinal victory at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey. Meanwhile, Nouchka Fontijn had claimed her Olympic spot with a quarterfinal victory in the women's middleweight division at the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.