BOXING

Report On BOXING WHAT IS BOXING Boxing is an athletic contest between two people,who use their fists to knock each other unconcious or to inflict enough pain on the other person so they have to quit the fight or be judged beaten. A boxing match is conducted under rules and procedures and has a referee, judges, and a timekeeper. The primary goal of each opponent is to strike blows to the opponent’s head and torso to knock down the opponent and render him uncapable ofgetting back up and defending himself within ten seconds. THE HISTORY BOXING Boxing started in ancient Greece, it was a popular amatuer sport and was included in the first Olympic Games. In ancient Rome boxers wore the cestus, a metal-studded leather hand covering with which they maimed and even killed their opponents, sometimes as a part of gladatorial spectacles. The sport’s popularity declined after the fall of the Roman Empire. But it was brought back in England in the form of bare-knuckle prizefights in which the contestants fought for money and spectators made bets on who would win the fight. The first boxer to be recognized as a heavyweight champion was James Figg, in 1719. In 1743 John Broughton made a set of rules that legalized some things and eliminated others, like hitting opponents while they are down or seizing them by the hair.