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Boxing

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Established
1900 (123 years old)

First Recorded Event
1960-10-29

Current Season
2023

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Location
Worldwide

Gender
Male

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David Benavidez vs Demetrius Andrade (25 Nov 23)

Chantelle Cameron vs Katie Taylor (25 Nov 23)

Diego Pacheco vs Marcelo Esteban Coceres (19 Nov 23)

Giuseppe Carafa vs Pasquale Di Silvio (18 Nov 23)

Franck Petitjean vs Adam Azim (18 Nov 23)

Nick Ball vs Isaac Dogboe (18 Nov 23)

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Boxing is a martial art and combat sport in which two people throw punches at each other, usually with gloved hands. Historically, the goals have been to weaken and knock down the opponent.

Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth sport and is a common fixture in most international games—it also has its own World Championships. 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. In the event that both fighters gain equal scores from the judges, the fight is considered a draw.

While people have fought in hand-to-hand combat since before the dawn of history, the origin of boxing as an organized sport may be its acceptance by the ancient Greeks as an Olympic game in BC 688. Boxing evolved from 16th- and 18th-century prizefights, largely in Great Britain, to the forerunner of modern boxing in the mid-19th century, again initially in Great Britain and later in the United States.

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