The history of boxing shows us the sport is largely the same as when it was at first introduced. Nevertheless the fundament idea remains essentially the same. To track the history of boxing to its roots we would like to return to North Africa during four thousand BC. Another place that took part in boxing early on was the Mediterranean during 1500 BC. The 1st documented proof of boxing was in Greece in 900 BC, when a ruler found the practice of watching 2 men beat one another entertaining.
The difference between this early sort of boxing and the boxing we enjoy today is that the ruler, an individual named Thesus, allowed the boxing match to keep on until one of the opponents was snuffed out. Boxing was one of the first Olympic sports. It's a part of the contest at the 668 BC Olympics. Having a look at the more latest history of boxing we see that in 1681 in London the 1st bare-knuckled prize fight was fought. Like the early fights that happened in Greece, this type of boxing did not afford any type of protection for the partakers. As the name indicates they fought with their hands. Throwing punches directly to the body and the head of their opponents. This carried on for many years and in 1743 the 1st set of documented rules were introduced.
This was done often to stop the deaths that had been happening in the matches. The rules declared that if a person slipped and failed to get up after a period of thirty seconds the boxing match would be over. It was also in this period that boxing gloves with padding were introduced and needed. This ultimately graduated into the arriving of amateur boxing which is what we see in the Olympics today. In amateur boxing the focus is principally on landing punches which will score you points. The competition aren't as involved with landing a knock-out as pro wrestlers are.
Across the current history of boxing many non-professional fighters, after competing in the Olympics will progress to the world of pro boxing.
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