Boxing

Boxing is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called "rounds." The combatants are called boxers or fighters and they avoid their opponent's punches while trying to land punches of their own.

Points are given for clean and solid punches to the legal area on the front of the opponent's body above the waistline. The hits to the head and torso are very valuable.

DO YOU KNOW
Boxing is also called Western Boxing, Pugilism, Prizefighting or the Sweet Science

• Olympic (or Amateur) boxing is found at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games.
• Olympic boxing has point scoring system rather than physical damage or knockouts.

HISTORY OF BOXING

• The history of boxing has its origin in the form of hand to hand combat practiced in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
• In the boxing history, the first recorded public spectacle began in 18th century England.
• Early boxing matches were fought bare knuckles and were no holds barred contests that included wrestling.
• Then, a circle of spectators formed the "ring" and there was no referee, no rounds, and no time limit. It was a brutal affair.
• For many decades there were no consideration to the weight of opponents and there was no official recognition of champions or challengers.
• The first recognized champion in the history of boxing was James Figg. He built his Amphitheatre and in 1719 he became the first recognized "boxing champion" in boxing history.

BOXING IN OLYMPICS

• Boxing was introduced in Summer Olympics in 1904.
• In 1912 Summer Olympics (Stockholm), boxing was omitted because Swedish law banned the sport at the time.
• Currently there are 11 Olympic weight classes.
• Until 1936, weights in Olympcs were measured in pounds, and from 1948 onwards, it is measured in kilograms.

BOXING TIPS

• Basically there are 3 accepted boxing styles that are used to define fighters. These are the in-fighter, the out-fighter and the brawler.
• In Boxing there are 4 basic punches, the Jab, Cross, Hook and Uppercut.

BOXING HALL OF FAME
There are two internationally recognized boxing hall of fames. They are as cited below:

• The International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) founded in 1989.
• The World Boxing Hall of Fame (WBHF) founded in 1980 by Everett L. Sanders.

BOXING TIT-BITS

• London Prize Ring rules was the first boxing rules. It was introduced by heavyweight champion Jack Broughton in 1743 to protect fighters in the ring where deaths sometimes occurred.
• The boxing has four punches namely the Jab, Cross, Hook and Uppercut.

Asian Games 2010

• Vijender delivers the golden punch
  World no. 1 boxer Vijender Singh delivered the golden punch at Guangzhou Asian Games bagging India's second gold in boxing. The ace Indian boxer defeated two-time world champion Abbos Atoev into submission with a commanding 7-0 triumph in 75kg. The other two boxers in finals had to settle for the silver medal but the yellow metal won by Vijender provided a golden finish to India's campaign in the Asian Games 2010.
• Five Indian boxers at gold today
  India is expecting five gold medals today at 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. Five Indian boxers are set to compete in their gold medal bouts today after dominating wins in semi finals. Unfortunatly, CWG gold medalist Suranjoy Singh and Paramkit Samota had to settle for bronze medals in their categories. But the contingent of five boxers including Vikas Krishan (60kg), Santhosh Kumar Virothu (64kg), Vijender Singh (75kg), Dinesh Kumar (81kg) and Manpreet Singh (91kg) is expected to get India a dream gold medal haul in the 16th Asiad.

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CWG 2010 Boxing Results

Event	Category	Results
Light Flyweight	46-49 kg	Gold – Northern Ireland Silver – Namibia Bronze – India, Pakistan
Flyweight	52 kg	Gold – India Silver – Kenya Bronze – Pakistan, Botswana
Bantamweight	56 kg	Gold – Sri Lanka Silver – Wales Bronze – Botswana, Mauritius
Lightweight	60 kg	Gold – England Silver – Scotland Bronze – India, Tonga
Light Welterweight	64 kg	Gold – India Silver – England England – Bahamas, Mauritius
Welterweight	69 kg	Gold – Northern Ireland Silver – England Bronze – Bahamas, India
Middleweight	75 kg	Gold – Northern Ireland Silver – England Bronze – India, Wales
Light Heavyweight	81 kg	Gold – Scotland Silver – Northern Ireland Bronze – Kenya, Wales
Heavyweight	91 kg	Gold –England Silver – Northern Ireland Bronze – Scotland, Ghana
Super heavyweight	+91 kg	Gold – India Silver – Trinidad and Tobago Bronze – Tonga, Cameroon

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