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CHARACTERISTICS

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GAME FIELD

FAMOUS PLAYERS

Greeks used to make fighting competitions

It became part of the Olympic games in about 688 B.C.

Boxers fought with leather bands around their fists for protection and sometimes wore metalfilled, leather hand coverings called cesti, resulting in bloody, often duel-to-death, battles

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people engage in a contest of strength, speed, reflexes, endurance, and will by throwing punches with glo ved hands against each other. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds. The result is decided when an opponent is deemed incapable to continue by a referee, is disqualified for breaking a rule, resigns by throwing in a towel, or is pronounced the winner or loser based on the judges' scorecards at the end of the contest

The fighters wear cushioned gloves during a fight

You cannot hit below the belt, hold, trip, kick, headbutt, wrestle, bite, spit on, or push your opponent.

You cannot hit with an open glove, the inside of the glove, the wrist, the backhand, or the side of the hand.

There is the professional boxing and the amateur boxing

You cannot hit with your head, shoulder, forearm, or elbow.

Etc.

A boxing ring is the space in which a boxing match occurs. A modern ring, which is set on a raised platform, is square with a post at each corner to which four parallel rows of ropes are attached with a turnbuckle. Unlike its cousin the wrestling ring, the ropes in a boxing ring are generally secured at the midway point.

Muhammad Ali

Julio Csar Chavez

Manny Pacquiao

Floyd Mayweather