Boxing, the Glossary
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Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.[1]
Table of Contents
286 relations: Aaron Pryor, Aggression, Albania, Alexis Argüello, Amateur boxing, American Medical Association, Amphitheatre, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek boxing, Ancient history, Ancient Olympic Games, Ancient Rome, Anselmo Moreno, Apollo Creed, Archie Moore, Arturo Gatti, Asian Games, Assault occasioning actual bodily harm, Automated Boxing Scoring System, Azumah Nelson, Bare-knuckle boxing, BBC News, Below the belt, Bennie Briscoe, Benny Leonard, Bernard Hopkins, Blocking (martial arts), Bobbing (boxing), Bolo punch, Boxer's fracture, Boxing (disambiguation), Boxing at the Summer Olympics, Boxing glove, Boxing in the 1980s, Boxing ring, BoxRec, Brain injury, Brandon Ríos, British Boxing Board of Control, British Medical Association, Broughton Rules, Budd Schulberg, Bunny, Nottinghamshire, Canastota, New York, Canelo Álvarez, Carlos Monzón, Cecilia Brækhus, Ceferino Garcia, Cestus, ... Expand index (236 more) »
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Aaron Pryor
Aaron Pryor (October 20, 1955 – October 9, 2016) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 1990.
Aggression
Aggression is a behavior aimed at opposing or attacking something or someone.
Albania
Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.
Alexis Argüello
Alexis Argüello (April 19, 1952 – July 1, 2009) was a Nicaraguan professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 1995, and later became a politician.
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Amateur boxing
Amateur boxing is the variant of boxing practiced in clubs and associations around the world, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as at the collegiate level. Boxing and Amateur boxing are individual sports.
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association (AMA) is an American professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students.
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Amphitheatre
An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
Ancient Greek boxing
Ancient Greek boxing (πυγμαχία pygmachia, "fist fighting") dates back to at least the 8th century BC (Homer's Iliad), and was practiced in a variety of social contexts in different Greek city-states.
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Ancient history
Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity.
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Ancient Olympic Games
The ancient Olympic Games (τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta Olympia.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
Anselmo Moreno
Anselmo Moreno (born 28 June 1985) is a Panamanian professional boxer.
Apollo Creed
Apollo Creed is a fictional character from the ''Rocky'' franchise, played by Carl Weathers.
Archie Moore
Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1913 – December 9, 1998) was an American catch wrestler and professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (1952 – 1962).
Arturo Gatti
Arturo Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was a Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007.
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every fourth year among athletes from all over Asia.
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (often abbreviated to Assault OABH, AOABH or simply ABH) is a statutory offence of aggravated assault in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.
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Automated Boxing Scoring System
The automated boxing scoring system (ABSS) is a research and development project being developed by a group of Australian institutions and private companies.
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Azumah Nelson
Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958, affectionately known as the Professor) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2008.
Bare-knuckle boxing
Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle or bare-knuckle fighting) is a full-contact combat sport based on punching without any form of padding on the hands. Boxing and bare-knuckle boxing are individual sports.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Below the belt
Mainly used in combat sports such as boxing and kickboxing, below the belt refers to all the area of the body that lies below the line of the opponent's navel, including the genital area, legs, and crotch.
Bennie Briscoe
Bennie Briscoe (February 8, 1943 – December 28, 2010) was an American professional boxer.
Benny Leonard
Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; April 7, 1896 – April 18, 1947) was an American professional boxer who held the world lightweight championship for eight years, from 1917 to 1925.
Bernard Hopkins
Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016.
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Blocking (martial arts)
In martial arts, blocking is the act of stopping or deflecting an opponent's attack for the purpose of preventing injurious contact with the body.
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Bobbing (boxing)
Bobbing is one of the basic strategies of defensive boxing, executed by slightly moving the head to either side so that the opponent's punches slip by the boxer's head.
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Bolo punch
A bolo punch is a punch used in martial arts.
Boxer's fracture
A boxer's fracture is the break of the fifth metacarpal bone of the hand near the knuckle.
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Boxing (disambiguation)
Boxing is a combat sport, also known as "western boxing".
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Boxing at the Summer Olympics
Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the sport at the time.
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Boxing glove
Boxing gloves are cushioned gloves that fighters wear on their hands during boxing matches and practices.
Boxing in the 1980s
Boxing in the 1980s was filled with important fights, events and personalities that shaped the sport.
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Boxing ring
A boxing ring, often referred to simply as a ring or the squared circle, is the space in which a boxing match occurs.
BoxRec
BoxRec or boxrec.com is a website dedicated to holding updated records of professional and amateur boxers, both male and female.
Brain injury
Brain injury (BI) is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells.
Brandon Ríos
Brandon Lee Ríos (born April 29, 1986) is an American professional boxer.
British Boxing Board of Control
The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom.
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British Medical Association
The British Medical Association (BMA) is a registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom.
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Broughton Rules
The Broughton Rules (also known as Broughton's rules) were the first set of rules that was adapted in the sport of boxing.
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Budd Schulberg
Budd Schulberg (born Seymour Wilson Schulberg, March 27, 1914 – August 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer.
Bunny, Nottinghamshire
Bunny is a village and civil parish located in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.
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Canastota, New York
Canastota is a village located inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County, New York, United States.
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Canelo Álvarez
Santos Saúl Álvarez Barragán (born 18 July 1990), commonly known as Canelo, is a Mexican professional boxer.
Carlos Monzón
Carlos Roque Monzón (7 August 1942 – 8 January 1995), nicknamed Escopeta (Shotgun), was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for 7 years.
Cecilia Brækhus
Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September, 1981) is a Norwegian professional boxer and former kickboxer.
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Ceferino Garcia
Ceferino Montano Garcia (August 26, 1906 – January 1, 1981) was a champion boxer born in Naval, Biliran, Philippines.
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Cestus
Cestus (Kestos), plural: cesti, in a general sense meant, for ancient Greeks and Romans, any band or tie.
Characters of the Street Fighter series
The main titles of the Street Fighter fighting game series have introduced a varied cast of 87 characters from the main series, and 34 from several spin-offs, for a total of 121 playable characters who originate from 24 countries, each with his or her unique fighting style.
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Check hook
In boxing, a check hook is employed to prevent aggressive boxers from lunging in.
Chin (combat sports)
In combat sports such as boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts, a fighter's chin is the ability to tolerate physical trauma to the head, in the form of concussive or sub-concussive blows, without being knocked unconscious or severely disoriented.
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Chris Byrd
Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009.
Chris Eubank Jr
Christopher Livingstone Eubank Jr. (born 18 September 1989) is a British professional boxer.
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Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle (14 August 1653 – 6 October 1688) was an English Army officer, peer, politician and colonial administrator who sat in the House of Commons from 1667 to 1670 when he inherited his father's dukedom and sat in the House of Lords.
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head.
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Chuck Liddell
Charles David Liddell (born December 17, 1969) is an American former professional mixed martial artist.
Circular arc
A circular arc is the arc of a circle between a pair of distinct points.
Clinch fighting
Clinch fighting or trapping is the part of stand-up fighting where the combatants are grappling in a clinch, typically using clinch holds.
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Clubber Lang
James "Clubber" Lang is a fictional character created by Sylvester Stallone for the film Rocky III, which was released in 1982.
Combat sport
A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat. Boxing and combat sport are individual sports.
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire.
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Competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game).
Concussion
A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning.
Counterpunch (boxing)
A counterpunch is a boxing punch that immediately follows an attack launched by an opponent.
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Covering (martial arts)
Covering in martial arts is the act of protecting against an opponent's strikes by using the arms and shoulders to block and absorb the impact of strikes on the head and torso and prevent injury.
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Crete
Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
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Cross (boxing)
In boxing, a straight or cross (also commonly called a rear hand punch) are punches usually thrown with the dominant hand and are power punches like the uppercut and hook.
Cutman
A cutman is a person responsible for preventing and treating physical damage to a fighter during the breaks between rounds of a full contact match such as a boxing, kickboxing or a mixed martial arts bout.
Danny Garcia (boxer)
Danny Óscar Garcia (born March 20, 1988) is an American professional boxer.
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David Tua
Faumuina To'aletai Mafaufau David Tua (born 21 November 1972), best known as David Tua, is a Samoan-New Zealand former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2013.
Deontay Wilder
Deontay Leshun Wilder (born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer.
Diego Corrales
Diego "Chico" Corrales Jr. (August 25, 1977 – May 7, 2007) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2007.
Duke of Albemarle
The Dukedom of Albemarle has been created twice in the Peerage of England, each time ending in extinction.
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Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
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Elbow (strike)
An elbow strike (commonly referred to as simply an elbow) is a strike with the point of the elbow, the part of the forearm nearest to the elbow, or the part of the upper arm nearest to the elbow.
Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is a 29-volume reference work, an edition of the real Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Erik Morales
Erik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, 1976) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012.
ESPN
ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.
European Boxing Union
The European Boxing Union (EBU), formerly known as the International Boxing Union (IBU), is a pan-European governing body that sanctions championship bouts in professional boxing.
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Eusebio Pedroza
Eusebio Pedroza (March 2, 1956 – March 1, 2019) was a Panamanian boxer who held the WBA and lineal featherweight championship from 1978 to 1985, having defended the title against 18 different contenders, more than any other boxer in featherweight history.
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Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2011.
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Ezzard Charles
Ezzard Mack Charles (July 7, 1921 – May 28, 1975), known as the Cincinnati Cobra, was an American professional boxer and world heavyweight champion, reigning from 1949 to 1951.
Fall of communism in Albania
The fall of communism in Albania, the last such event in Europe outside the Soviet Union, started in December 1990 with student demonstrations in the capital, Tirana, although protests started in January that year in other cities like Shkodra and Kavaja.
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Félix Trinidad
Félix Juan Trinidad García (born January 10, 1973), popularly known as "Tito" Trinidad, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2008.
Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko (born 28 September 1976) is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, and judoka and politician.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017.
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Footwork is a martial arts and combat sports term for the general usage of the legs and feet in stand-up fighting.
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Gabriel Elorde
Gabriel "Flash" Elorde (March 25, 1935 – January 2, 1985) was a Filipino professional boxer.
Gene Tunney
James Joseph Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1915 to 1928.
Gennady Golovkin
Gennadiy Gennadyevich Golovkin (Cyrillic: Генна́дий Генна́дьевич Голо́вкин; also spelled Gennady; born 8 April 1982), often known by his nickname "GGG" or "Triple G", is a Kazakhstani professional boxer.
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George Foreman
George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister, and author.
Gerry Peñalosa
Geronimo "Gerry" J. Peñalosa (born August 7, 1972) is a Filipino former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2010.
Grappling
Grappling is a fighting technique based on throws, trips, sweeps, clinch fighting, ground fighting and submission holds.
Grappling hold
A grappling hold, commonly referred to simply as a hold that in Japanese is referred to as katame-waza ("grappling technique"), is any specific grappling, wrestling, judo, or other martial art grip that is applied to an opponent.
Grappling position
A grappling position refers to the positioning and holds of combatants engaged in grappling.
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Greater India
Greater India, also known as the Indian cultural sphere, or the Indic world, is an area composed of several countries and regions in South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia that were historically influenced by Indian culture, which itself formed from the various distinct indigenous cultures of South Asia.
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer.
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Hand wrap
A hand wrap or wrist wrap is a strip of cloth used by boxers (and participants in other combat sports) to protect the hand and wrist against injuries induced by punching.
Hand-to-hand combat
Hand-to-hand combat (sometimes abbreviated as HTH or H2H) is a physical confrontation between two or more persons at short range (grappling distance or within the physical reach of a handheld weapon) that does not involve the use of ranged weapons.
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Harry Greb
Edward Henry Greb (June 6, 1894 – October 22, 1926) was an American professional boxer.
Headbutt
A headbutt or butt is a targeted strike with the head, typically involving the use of robust parts of the headbutter's cranium as the area of impact.
Heavyweight
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
Henry Armstrong
Henry Jackson Jr. (December 12, 1912 – October 22, 1988) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong.
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History of India
Anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian subcontinent between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago.
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Hook (boxing)
A hook is a punch in boxing.
Human history
Human history is the development of humankind from prehistory to the present.
Humberto Soto
Armando Humberto Soto Ochoa (born May 11, 1980), best known as Humberto Soto, is a Mexican professional boxer.
Indian classical music
Indian Classical Music is the classical music of the Indian Subcontinent.
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Indian epic poetry
Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá).
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International Boxing Association
The International Boxing Association (IBA), previously known as the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur (AIBA), is an international sports organization that sanctions amateur (Olympic-style) boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championships.
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International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanctions professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).
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International Boxing Hall of Fame
The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF), located in Canastota, New York, honors boxers, trainers and other contributors to the sport worldwide.
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International Boxing Organization
The International Boxing Organization (IBO) is a US based corporation that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and regional championships.
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Ismael Laguna
Ismael Laguna Meneses (born June 28, 1943, in Colón, Panama) is a former professional boxer.
Jab
A jab is a type of punch used in martial arts.
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Jack Broughton
John "Jack" Broughton (– 8 January 1789) was an English bare-knuckle boxer.
Jack Dempsey
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926.
Jack Johnson (boxer)
John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915).
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Jake LaMotta
Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta (July 10, 1922 – September 19, 2017) was an Italian-American professional boxer who was world middleweight champion between 1949 and 1951.
James Figg
James Figg (before 1700 – 8 December 1734; also spelt James Fig) was an English prizefighter and instructor in historical European martial arts.
James J. Braddock
James Walter Braddock (June 7, 1905 – November 29, 1974) was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937.
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James J. Corbett
James John Corbett (September 1, 1866 – February 18, 1933) was an American professional boxer and a World Heavyweight Champion, best known as the only man who ever defeated John L. Sullivan (hence the "man who beat the man" concept of the championship boxing lineage).
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James Kirkland (boxer)
James Derick Kirkland is an American professional boxer who held the regional WBO–NABO junior middleweight title in 2008.
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James Toney
James Nathaniel Toney (born August 24, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2017.
Jerry Quarry
Jerry Quarry (May 15, 1945 – January 3, 1999), nicknamed "Irish" or "The Bellflower Bomber", was an American professional boxer.
Joe Calzaghe
Joseph William Calzaghe (born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008.
Joe Frazier
Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981.
Joe Louis
Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.
John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 184431 January 1900), was a British nobleman of the Victorian era, remembered for his atheism, his outspoken views, his brutish manner, for lending his name to the "Queensberry Rules" that form the basis of modern boxing, and for his role in the downfall of the Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde.
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John Duddy
John Francis Duddy (born 19 June 1979) is an Irish actor and former professional boxer who fought from 2003 to 2010.
John Graham Chambers
John Graham Chambers (12 February 1843 – 4 March 1883) was a Welsh sportsman.
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John L. Sullivan
John Lawrence Sullivan (October 15, 1858 – February 2, 1918), known simply as John L. among his admirers, and dubbed the "Boston Strong Boy" by the press, was an American boxer.
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José Cuevas (boxer)
José Isidro "Pipino" Cuevas González (born December 27, 1957) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1989.
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José Nápoles
José Ángel Nápoles (April 13, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was a Cuban-born Mexican professional boxer.
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer.
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Juan Manuel Márquez
Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez (born August 23, 1973) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2014.
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Julian Jackson (boxer)
Julian Jackson (born September 12, 1960) is a former professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who competed from 1981 to 1998.
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Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez González (born July 12, 1962), also known as Julio César Chávez Sr., is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005.
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Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor
Julio César Chávez vs.
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Ken Buchanan
Ken Buchanan (28 June 1945 – 1 April 2023) was a Scottish professional boxer who competed between 1965 and 1982.
Kick
A kick is a physical strike using the leg, in unison usually with an area of the knee or lower using the foot, heel, tibia (shin), ball of the foot, blade of the foot, toes or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike).
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Kickboxing
Kickboxing is a full-contact hybrid martial art and boxing type based on punching and kicking.
Kid Gavilán
Gerardo González (January 6, 1926 – February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a Cuban boxer.
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.
Kim Duk-koo
Kim Duk-koo (born Lee Deok-gu,; July 29, 1955November 18, 1982) was a South Korean boxer who died after fighting in a world championship boxing match against Ray Mancini.
Knee (strike)
A knee strike (commonly referred to simply as a knee) is a strike with the knee, either with the kneecap or the surrounding area.
Knockout
A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based video games.
Kun Khmer
Kun Khmer (គុនខ្មែរ), or Pradal Serey (ប្រដាល់សេរី), The sport consists of stand up striking and clinch fighting, where the objective is to knock an opponent out, force a technical knockout, or win a match by points.
Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002 and was world heavyweight champion from 1978 until 1985.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County.
László Papp
László Papp (25 March 1926 – 16 October 2003) was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest.
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Claudius Lewis (born 2 September 1965) is a boxing commentator and former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003.
Lethwei
Lethwei (လက်ဝှေ့; IPA) or Burmese boxing is a full contact combat sport from Myanmar that uses stand-up striking including headbutts.
Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.
Lillie Bridge Grounds
The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground on the Fulham side of West Brompton, London.
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List of boxing films
This is a list of films about boxing, featuring notable sports films where boxing plays a central role in the development of the plot.
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List of current world boxing champions
This is a list of current male world boxing champions.
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List of female boxers
This is a list of notable female boxers.
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List of governors of Jamaica
This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962.
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List of male boxers
This is a list of notable male boxers.
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Little Mac
is a fictional boxer and the protagonist in Nintendo's Punch-Out!! series of video games. He first appeared in the Arcade game Punch-Out!!. He is the smallest and youngest of all the boxers in the games, being only 17 years old across all Punch-Out!! games. His signature attack is the "STAR Punch".
London Prize Ring Rules
The London Prize Ring Rules were a list of boxing rules promulgated in 1838 and revised in 1853.
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Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
Mandatory eight count
The mandatory eight count, also called a compulsory eight count, is a rule in boxing and kickboxing requiring the referee to give any fighter a count of eight seconds once they have been knocked down by their opponent, and before the fight is allowed to resume.
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Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao (born December17, 1978) is a Filipino politician, businessman, former professional basketball player and former professional boxer.
Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2011.
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Marcos Maidana
Marcos René Maidana (born 17 July 1983) is an Argentine former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2014.
Marquess of Queensberry Rules
The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensbury Rules, are a code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing.
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Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defence; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage. Boxing and Martial arts are individual sports.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler; May 23, 1954 – March 13, 2021) was an American professional boxer.
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Max Baer (boxer)
Maximilian Adelbert Baer (February 11, 1909 – November 21, 1959) was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935.
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Max Schmeling
Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932.
Medicine ball
A medicine ball (also known as an exercise ball, a med ball, or a fitness ball) is a weighted ball whose diameter is about a shoulder-width (approx.), often used for rehabilitation and strength training.
Meldrick Taylor
Meldrick Taylor (born October 19, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002.
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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
Michael Katsidis
Michael Alan Katsidis (Μιχάλης Κατσίδης; born 15 August 1980) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017.
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Micky Ward
George Michael Ward Jr. (born October 4, 1965), often known by his nickname, "Irish" Micky Ward, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2003.
Middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez (born October 29, 1980) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017.
Miguel Vázquez
Miguel Ángel Vázquez Bautista (born 6 January 1987) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the IBF lightweight title from 2010 to 2014.
Mike Tyson
Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005, and is scheduled to compete once again in 2024.
Military education and training
Military education and training is a process which intends to establish and improve the capabilities of military personnel in their respective roles.
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Milling (military training exercise)
Milling is a training activity in the British airborne infantry.
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Minoan civilization
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete.
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Mouthguard
A mouthguard is a protective device for the mouth that covers the teeth and gums to prevent and reduce injury to the teeth, arches, lips and gums.
Muay Lao
Muay Lao (ມວຍລາວ, lit. "Lao boxing") is an ancient combat sport from Laos.
Muay Thai
Muay Thai (มวยไทย), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a Thai martial art and full-contact combat sport that uses stand-up striking, sweeps, and various clinching techniques.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist.
Musti-yuddha
Musti-Yuddha (Sanskrit: मुष्टि युद्ध) is a traditional combat sport originating from the Indian subcontinent.
Naseem Hamed
Naseem Hamed (Arabic: نسيمحميد; born 12 February 1974), nicknamed Prince Naseem and Naz, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2002.
Nat Fleischer
Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer (November 3, 1887 – June 25, 1972) was a noted American boxing writer and collector.
National Safety Council
The National Safety Council (NSC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, public service organization promoting health and safety in the United States.
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Nevada State Athletic Commission
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (also known as the Nevada Athletic Commission or NSAC) regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat within the state of Nevada, including licensure and supervision of promoters, boxers, kickboxers, mixed martial arts fighters, seconds, ring officials, managers, and matchmakers.
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New Orleans
New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or the Big Easy among other nicknames) is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Nonito Donaire
Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. (born November 16, 1982) is a Filipino American professional boxer.
Nubia
Nubia (Nobiin: Nobīn) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or more strictly, Al Dabbah.
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Octuple champion
An octuple champion is a boxer who has won major world titles in eight different weight classes.
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Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008.
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Overhand punch
An overhand (or overcut or drop) punch is a semi-circular and vertical punch thrown with the rear hand.
Parry (fencing)
A parry is a fencing bladework maneuver intended to deflect or block an incoming attack.
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Pernell Whitaker
Pernell Whitaker Sr. (January 2, 1964 – July 14, 2019) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
Pierce Egan
Pierce Egan (1772–1849) was a British journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture.
Prehistory
Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.
Professional boxing
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing.
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Punch (combat)
A punch is a striking blow with the fist.
R v Coney
R v Coney (1882) 8 QBD 534 is an English case in which the Court for Crown Cases Reserved found that a bare-knuckle fight was an assault occasioning actual bodily harm, despite the consent of the participants.
Rabbit punch
A rabbit punch is a blow delivered to the back of the head or to the base of the skull, notorious for its potential to cause severe and irreversible injuries, including spinal cord injury or even instant death.
Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
Ray Mancini
Ray Mancini (born Raymond Michael Mancino; March 4, 1961), better known as "Boom Boom" Mancini, is an American former professional boxer who competed professionally from 1979 to 1992 and who has since worked as an actor and sports commentator.
Referee (boxing)
The referee in boxing is the individual charged with enforcing the rules of that sport during a match.
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Ricardo López (boxer)
Ricardo López Nava (born July 25, 1966) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2001.
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Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and trainer.
Riddick Bowe
Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer and former professional kickboxer who competed between 1989 and 2008 in boxing, and from 2013 to 2016 in kickboxing (Muay Thai).
Rigveda
The Rigveda or Rig Veda (ऋग्वेद,, from ऋच्, "praise" and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas).
Robert Anasi
Robert Anasi, (born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1966) is an American writer and journalist.
Roberto Durán
Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001.
Rock paper scissors
Rock paper scissors (also known by several other names and word orders, see § Names) is an intransitive hand game, usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand.
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Rocky Balboa
Robert "Rocky" Balboa (born June 6, 1945) (also known by his ring name the Italian Stallion) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the ''Rocky'' film series.
Rocky Marciano
Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), better known as Rocky Marciano, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955.
Roger Mayweather
Roger L. Mayweather (April 24, 1961 – March 17, 2020) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1999 and later on a boxing trainer.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Ronald J. Ross
Ronald J. Ross is a Cleveland, Ohio radiologist known for research on brain injury in professional and amateur boxers and for the first clinical use of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMR later known as MRI) on human patients.
Rope-a-dope
The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting technique in which one contender leans against the ropes of the boxing ring and draws non-injuring offensive punches, letting the opponent tire themself out.
Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American professional boxer.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Rudradaman I
Rudradāman I (r. 130–150) was a Śaka ruler from the Western Kshatrapas dynasty.
Ruslan Provodnikov
Ruslan Mikhailovich Provodnikov (Руслан Михайлович Проводников; born 20 January 1984) is a former Russian professional boxer and politician.
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Russian boxing
Russian boxing (fist fighting, pugilism) is the traditional bare-knuckle boxing of Rus' and then Russia. Boxing and Russian boxing are individual sports.
Salvador Sánchez
Salvador "Sal" Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican professional boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México.
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Sam Langford
Samuel Edgar Langford (March 4, 1886 – January 12, 1956) was a Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century.
Sanda (sport)
Sanda, formerly Sanshou, is the official Chinese boxing full-contact combat sport.
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Savate
Savate, also known as French boxing (boxe Française), is a French kickboxing combat sport that uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of English boxing with kicking techniques. Boxing and Savate are European martial arts.
Sergio Martínez (boxer)
Sergio Gabriel Martínez (born 21 February 1975) is an Argentine professional boxer.
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Shawn Porter
Shawn Christian Porter (born October 27, 1987) is an American sports commentator and former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2021.
Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet
Sir Thomas Parkyns, 2nd Baronet (1664 – 29 March 1741) was an English writer, landowner, architect and engineer who was a prominent figure in British wrestling during the Georgian era.
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Skipping rope
A skipping rope or jump rope is a tool used in the sport of skipping/jump rope where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads.
Slipping
Slipping is a technique used in boxing that is similar to bobbing.
Sonny Liston
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (– December 30, 1970), nicknamed "The Big Bear", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970.
Southpaw stance
In boxing and some other sports, a southpaw stance is where the boxer has the right hand and the right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook.
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Steve Lott
Steve Lott (January 17, 1950 – November 6, 2021) was the CEO of Boxing Hall of Fame Las Vegas Nevada, boxing manager, former film editor at ESPN, and assistant to fight managers of the time Bill Cayton and Jim Jacobs, who financed Mike Tyson's boxing coach and life mentor Cus D'Amato, boxing film historian.
Strike (attack)
A strike is a directed, forceful physical attack with either a part of the human body or with a handheld object (such as a melee weapon), intended to cause blunt or penetrating trauma upon an opponent.
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Submission (combat sports)
A submission, also called a "tap out" is a combat sports term for yielding to the opponent, resulting in an immediate defeat.
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956), best known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor.
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Sugar Ray Robinson
Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965.
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Sumer
Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
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Terry Norris (boxer)
Terry Wayne Norris (born June 17, 1967) is an American former boxer, prizefighter and a three time world champion in the light-middleweight (super-welterweight) division.
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Tex Rickard
George Lewis "Tex" Rickard (January 2, 1870 – January 6, 1929) was an American boxing promoter, founder of the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and builder of the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The Ring (magazine)
The Ring (often called The Ring magazine or Ring magazine) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine.
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The Rumble in the Jungle
George Foreman vs.
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Thebes, Egypt
Thebes (طيبة, Θῆβαι, Thēbai), known to the ancient Egyptians as Waset (Arabic: وسط), was an ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile about south of the Mediterranean.
Thomas Hearns
Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006.
Tie (draw)
A draw or tie occurs in a competitive sport when the results are identical or inconclusive.
Tim Witherspoon
Tim Witherspoon (born December 27, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2003.
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Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri (November 6, 1908 – December 9, 1959) was an American professional boxer.
Tony Zale
Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer.
Toughman Contest
The Toughman Contest, founded in 1979 in Bay City, Michigan, by late boxing promoter Art Dore (1936–2022), is a chance for the novice amateur boxers (those with no more than five sanctioned wins in the past five years) to test themselves in the ring.
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Transnational Boxing Rankings Board
The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) is an all-volunteer initiative formed in October 2012 with the intention of providing professional boxing with top-ten rankings, identifying the singular world champion of every division and to insist on the sport's reform.
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Undisputed championship (boxing)
In boxing, the undisputed champion of a weight class is the boxer who simultaneously holds world titles from all major organizations recognized by each other and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Uppercut
The uppercut (formerly known as the undercut; sometimes also referred to as the upper) is a punch used in boxing that starts low and travels upwards vertically aiming at the opponent's chin or upper abdomen (so-called "solar plexus").
Vasiliy Lomachenko
Vasiliy Anatolyevich Lomachenko (Василь Анатолійович Ломаченко,; born 17 February 1988), also spelled Vasyl Anatoliyovych Lomachenko, is a Ukrainian professional boxer.
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Vicente Saldivar
Vicente Samuel Saldívar García (May 3, 1943 – July 18, 1985) was a Mexican professional boxer who competed between 1961 and 1973.
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Virata
Virata (विराट, IAST virāṭa) was the king of the Matsya Kingdom, in whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile.
Vitali Klitschko
Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer.
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Wayne McCullough
Wayne Pocket Rocket McCullough (born Wayne William McCullough; 7 July 1970) is a former professional boxer from Northern Ireland who competed from 1993 to 2008.
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Weight class (boxing)
In boxing, a weight class is a measurement weight range for boxers.
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Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Western Satraps
The Western Satraps, or Western Kshatrapas (Brahmi:, Mahakṣatrapa, "Great Satraps") were Indo-Scythian (Saka) rulers of the western and central parts of India (extending from Saurashtra in the south and Malwa in the east, covering modern-day Sindh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states), between 35 and 415 CE.
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Wilfred Benítez
Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez (born September 12, 1958) is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history.
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Wilfredo Gómez
Wilfredo Gómez Rivera, El Nuevo Día (2015-04-18).
Willie Pep
Guglielmo Papaleo (Middletown - September 19, 1922 – November 23, 2006) was an American professional boxer, better known as Willie Pep, who held the World Featherweight championship twice between the years of 1942 and 1950.
Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017.
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Women's boxing
Although women have participated in boxing for almost as long as the sport has existed, female fights have been effectively outlawed for most of boxing's history until recently, with athletic commissioners refusing to sanction or issue licenses to women boxers, and most nations officially banning the sport.
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).
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World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization.
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World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts.
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World Colored Heavyweight Championship
The World Colored Heavyweight Championship was a title awarded to black boxers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art and combat sport that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Boxing and Wrestling are individual sports and summer Olympic sports.
Writing
Writing is the act of creating a persistent representation of human language.
See also
European martial arts
- Atemi Ju-Jitsu
- Barróg
- Bartitsu
- Boxing
- Canarian wrestling
- Canne de combat
- Catch wrestling
- Collar-and-elbow
- Combat pistol shooting
- Cornish wrestling
- Cornish wrestling throws
- Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling
- Defendu
- Devon wrestling
- German ju-jutsu
- Gouren
- Greco-Roman wrestling
- Historical European martial arts
- Hokutoryu Ju-Jutsu
- Irish martial arts
- Italian martial arts
- Jogo do pau
- Juego del palo
- Khridoli
- Lancashire wrestling
- Leonese wrestling
- Narodno rvanje
- Nova Scrimia
- Pankration
- Quarterstaff
- Real Aikido
- Ristynės
- Russian martial arts
- Sambo (martial art)
- Sanjuro (martial art)
- Savate
- Schwingen
- Scottish backhold
- Shavparosnebi
- Singlestick
- Swordsmanship
- World War II combatives
Summer Olympic sports
- Archery
- Association football
- Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cheerleading in Australia
- Competition climbing
- Cycle sport
- Diving (sport)
- Equestrianism
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Judo
- Karate
- Modern pentathlon
- Olympic weightlifting
- Open water swimming
- Rowing (sport)
- Rugby sevens
- Sailing (sport)
- Shooting sports
- Skateboarding
- Sport of athletics
- Surfing
- Swimming (sport)
- Synchronized swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Wrestling
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing
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