It has been known that fighting with fists was into existence since times immemorial. The Greeks initiated this sport and made it popular. They had even set rules and organized many tournaments. However the birth of boxing as a regular sports was at Olympics as early as 688 BC. While the modern day boxing acquired development in Europe, particularly in Great Britain. Some countries have their own fighting sports like China and Japan,so the sport is also known as "English Boxing".There are
various forms of boxing practiced across the world.
The game of boxing was much influenced due to money during the 17th and 19th century. The bold fighters basically entered the competition for huge prize money,while the control of the game was in the hands of the promoters and enthusiastic spectators made huge bet on the results of the game. The modern day commonwealth games revived the interest in this sports, and boxing which was an amateur game became one of the sport at the commonwealth games. Presently a boxing match at commonwealth games are restricted to maximum of three or four rounds. The scores are calculated by points based on the number of clean blows. Whatever may be the impact the fighters are always suggested to wear a protective headgears to reduce the number of injuries, knockdowns, and knockouts.
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