Boxing

In some countries with their own fighting sports, the sport is referred to as “English Boxing” (e.g. in France to contrast with French Boxing).

Origins:
Fist-fighting for sport probably arose independently in various prehistoric cultures. [13] Archaeological evidence indicates that Berbers and Egyptians may have practiced the sport as early as 3000 BC, and Boxing is depicted in Sumerian relief carvings from the third millennium BC. The ancient Greeks, and later the ancient Romans, had a sport called ‘pugilism’ (a term now often used for boxing) which resembled boxing.

Unlike modern boxing, there were no weight classes, fights were not separated into rounds, and the fight had no time limit, ending at a knockout, or at a fighter abandoning the fight, or sometimes (though rarely) at the death of one of the fighters. Instead of gloves, fighters wrapped their hands in strips of hardened leather which protected the fist and caused unpleasant injuries for the opponent. Long fights were decided by an alternation of free punches, with the first to strike a free punch being decided by tossing a coin.

Boxing was first accepted as an Olympic sport (the ancient Greeks called it Pygme/ Pygmachia) in 688 BC. Participants trained on punching bags (called a korykos). Fighters wore leather straps (called himantes) over their hands, wrists, and sometimes breast, to protect them from injury.

Weight Classes

Light flyweight (106 pounds)

Flyweight (112 pounds)

Bantamweight (119 pounds)

Featherweight (125 pounds)

Lightweight (132 pounds)

Light welterweight (141 pounds)

Welterweight (152 pounds)

Middleweight (165 pounds)

Light heavyweight (178 pounds)

Heavyweight (201 pounds)

Super heavyweight (+201 pounds).

A.   Intro to Boxing Champions

Did you know that boxing is sometimes called as ‘pugilism’? And it is generally called as English boxing or Anglais boxing. If the fist fighting never end before an agreed number of rounds, then the winner is chosen either by the judges’ score cards or by the referee’s decision. Modern boxing slowly evolved in Europe, principally in Great Britain, UK.

In certain countries with their own fighting sports, the game is known as English Boxing and in countries like France it’s called French boxing. For instance, boxing is shown in Sumerian relief arts during the 3rd Millennium B.C, while an ancient Egyptian relief at Thebes; it depicts the spectators with fist fighters, both arts depict bare fisted contests. Boxing or Fist fighting is also described in various ancient Indian texts such as the Vedas, Mahabarata and Ramayana, as well as during the excavations made in Harappa and Mohenjadaro.

For the game of Boxing, there are two globally recognized boxing halls of fame; they are IBHOF - International Boxing Hall of Fame and WBHF - World Boxing Hall of Fame, the IBHOF is a widely recognized boxing hall of fame. In 1989, the International Boxing Hall of Fame was opened in Canastota. The first inductees in 1990 included famous boxers like Benny Leonard, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Henry Armstrong, Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. Other world class boxing figures are Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Duran, Eusebio Pedroza, Ismael Laguna, Carlos Monzon, Rocky Marciano, Azumah Nelson, Pipino Cuevas and Ken Buchanan.

B.   Introduction to the Game of Boxing

Boxing is a combat game played throughout the world. The history of the combat sports game seems to be more interesting and the participation of people get increased day by day. It is a pre-historic game which founds its origin in ancient Greek period. Generally, boxing is played by two numbers of players where people fight, knocks each other on proper techniques.

The origin of boxing game was found to be in the ancient Greek period and then later by ancient Romans. This type of sports event was said to be more popular and most of the people shows their interest in developing the skill and knowledge in the field. Adequate training is required to the participants to play the successfully and technically.

To play the event, the boxer requires boxing equipments to protect him against damages and injuries. Some of the equipments the players popularly used are gloves, headgear, shoes, punching bags, rings, mouthpiece, handwraps and even more. Large numbers of players shows their interest and learns the programs enthusiastically. More and more people are joining towards different sorts of mixed martial arts activities.

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