Boxing, amateur and professional sport featuring fist assault and defense. Boxers often use cushioned gloves and adhere to the regulations outlined in the Marquess of Queensberry rules. Matched in weight and aptitude, boxing contenders aim to hit punches hard and repeatedly with their fists, each striving to evade the blows of the opponent. A boxer wins a bout by outscoring his opponent (points can be scored in a variety of methods) or by rendering his opponent unable to continue the match. Bouts typically last three minutes and range from three to twelve rounds.
Boxing was initially established as a recognized Olympic sport in the 23rd Olympiad (688 BCE), but fistfighting bouts must have existed before that. Sumerian relief sculptures from the third millennium BCE include the oldest visual evidence of boxing. Boxers and spectators are seen on a relief sculpture from Egyptian Thebes (about 1350 BCE). The oldest evidence of the usage of gloves or hand covers in boxing is a carved vase from Minoan Crete (c. 1500 BCE) that portrays helmeted boxers wearing a hard plate tied to the fist.
Amateur boxing:
Amateur boxing may be found at the collegiate level, as well as at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and other sporting events. In a variety of different locations sanctioned by amateur boxing associations. In amateur boxing, points are awarded based on the number of clean hits delivered rather than physical damage. Bouts last three minutes in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, and three minutes in a national ABA (Amateur Boxing Association) contest, with a one-minute rest between rounds.
Professional boxing:
Professional bouts are often significantly longer than amateur bouts, with 10 to twelve rounds being the norm, while four-round fights are frequent for less experienced fighters or club fighters. There are also occasional professional two- and three-round fights, particularly in Australia. Fights had endless rounds in the early twentieth century, terminating only when one combatant left, which benefited high-energy competitors like Jack Dempsey. For much of the twentieth century, fifteen rounds were the globally recognized maximum for championship fights until the early 1980s, when the death of boxer Kim Duk-Koo pushed the World Boxing Council and other professional boxing organizations to cut the limit to twelve rounds.
World Boxing Association (WBA): The World Boxing Association (WBA), previously the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations that sanction professional boxing contests, along with the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF), and World Boxing Organization (WBO) (WBO). At the professional level, the WBA awards its world championship title. Founded in the United States in 1921 by 13 state legislators as the NBA, it changed its name in 1962 to reflect boxing's expanding global prominence and began to attract members from other countries.
World Boxing Council (WBC):
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is a professional boxing organization on a global scale. It is among the four major organizations that sanction professional boxing contests, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF), and World Boxing Organization (WBO). The organization has sanctioned several historically high-profile fights, and some prominent boxers have been recognized as WBC world champions. All four groups recognize each other's validity, and their histories are intertwined, extending back several decades.
International Boxing Federation (IBF):
The International Boxing Federation (IBF), along with the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), and World Boxing Organization, is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) that authorize professional boxing contests (WBO).
World Boxing Organization (WBO):
The World Boxing Body (WBO) is a professional boxing-sanctioning organization. The International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) recognizes it as one of the four major global championship organizations, along with the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), and International Boxing Federation (IBF) (IBF). The WBO's headquarters are situated in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
