The beaten man shall take away the two-handled goblet.” Let him lead away the hard-working jenny to his own shelter. Grants to outlast the other, and all the Achaians witness it, With their hands up for the blows of boxing. We invite two men, the best among you, to contend for these prizes 675 bce): “Sons of Atreus, and all you other strong-greaved Achaians, An amazingly bloody bout is recounted by Homer in the Iliad ( c. A 1st-century- bce inscription praising a pugilist states, “A boxer’s victory is gained in blood.” In fact, Greek literature offers much evidence that the sport caused disfigurement and, occasionally, even death. The Greeks considered boxing the most injurious of their sports. Contestants represented all social classes in the early years of the major athletic festivals, a preponderance of the boxers came from wealthy and distinguished backgrounds. Contests were held outdoors, which added the challenge of intense heat and bright sunlight to the fight. Clinching (holding an opponent at close quarters with one or both arms) was strictly forbidden. These ancient contests had no rounds they continued until one man either acknowledged defeat by holding up a finger or was unable to continue. The earliest evidence of rules for the sport comes from ancient Greece. 1500 bce) that shows helmeted boxers wearing a stiff plate strapped to the fist. The few extant Middle Eastern and Egyptian depictions are of bare-fisted contests with, at most, a simple band supporting the wrist the earliest evidence of the use of gloves or hand coverings in boxing is a carved vase from Minoan Crete ( c. 1350 bce) shows both boxers and spectators. A relief sculpture from Egyptian Thebes ( c. The earliest visual evidence for boxing appears in Sumerian relief carvings from the 3rd millennium bce. History Early yearsīoxing first appeared as a formal Olympic event in the 23rd Olympiad (688 bce), but fist-fighting contests must certainly have had their origin in mankind’s prehistory.
The terms pugilism and prizefighting in modern usage are practically synonymous with boxing, although the first term indicates the ancient origins of the sport in its derivation from the Latin pugil, “a boxer,” related to the Latin pugnus, “fist,” and derived in turn from the Greek pyx, “with clenched fist.” The term prizefighting emphasizes pursuit of the sport for monetary gain, which began in England in the 17th century. Bouts range from 3 to 12 rounds, each round normally lasting three minutes. A boxer wins a match either by outscoring the opponent-points can be tallied in several ways-or by rendering the opponent incapable of continuing the match. Matched in weight and ability, boxing contestants try to land blows hard and often with their fists, each attempting to avoid the blows of the opponent.
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Boxers usually wear padded gloves and generally observe the code set forth in the marquess of Queensberry rules.
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