Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport and a martial art in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches... Wikipedia

  • Also known as:  Western boxing, pugilism
  • Focus:  Punching, striking
  • Country of origin:  The sport itself: Ancient history, possibly Prehistoric, Modern rules: United Kingdom
  • Olympic sport:  688 BC (Ancient Greece), 1904 (modern)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo