Boxing
Overview
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport
in which two people fight
each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee
over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds. The boxers are generally continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO), if an opponent is disqualified for breaking a rule, or a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards at the end of the bout.
Combat sport
A Combat sport, also known as a Fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement , typically with the aim of simulating parts of real hand to hand combat...
in which two people fight
Combat
Combat, or fighting, is a purposeful violent conflict meant to establish dominance over the opposition, or to terminate the opposition forever, or drive the opposition away from a location where it is not wanted or needed....
each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee
Referee (boxing)
The referee in the boxing is the individual charged with enforcing the rules of that sport during a match.-The role of the referee:Referees have the following roles:*Gives instructions to both boxers before the fight...
over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds. The boxers are generally continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO), if an opponent is disqualified for breaking a rule, or a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards at the end of the bout.
Unanswered Questions
Discussions
Quotations
Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.
Muhammad Ali, attributed in Chambers Sporting Quotations (1990), by Simon James, p. 27
Champions aren't made in gyms, champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Muhammad Ali, in Talent Is Never Enough : Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent (2007) by John C. Maxwell, p. 141
BOXING: A mutual infliction of brain damage for the amusement of the public.
Rick Bayan|Rick Bayan, The Cynic's Dictionary
You know, I cut easily, so I don’t think I would’ve won the title, but I would’ve been a contender.
Roger Donahue, American boxer. As quoted by Budd Schulberg|Budd Shulberg in his interview for The Times (UK) newspaper, 19th January 2009