BOXING

BOXING

Eventually, fist fighting became so popular that even started fighting, and the practice was promoted by Caesar. A fight between the agile Dares and the towering Entellus is described at length in the Roman national epic 1st century BC). The Roman philosopher 3.2.8) indicates that youths trained at the for self-defense.

Records of Classical boxing activity disappeared after the fall of the Western when the wearing of weapons become common once again and interest in fighting with the fists waned.

However, there are detailed records of various fist-fighting sports that were maintained in different cities and provinces of Italy between the 12th and 17th centuries. There was also a sport in called As the wearing of swords became less common, there was renewed interest in fencing with the fists.

 The sport would later resurface in England during the early 18th century in the form of sometimes referred to as prizefighting.

Boxing is a and in which two people using their fists. Boxing is typically supervised by a engaged in during a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds, and boxers generally of similar

 There are three ways to win; if the opponent is knocked out and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten seconds (a r KO) or if the opponent is deemed too to continue (a or TKO). If there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards.