Who invented the boxing glove?
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The Romans did. For more info check the link.
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The term "ring" comes from the original practice of having a circle of spectators form a ring around the two contestants. Often a rope would be held by the crowd to designate the area the fighters would have to move around. There weren't even stools, since the fights were usually outdoors and in isolated areas, so one of the fighter's supporters, called a "second", would kneel with one knee on the ground and the other up to form a seat for the resting fighter between rounds. Also, since boxing was illegal almost everywhere in its early days, if the "proper authorities" dropped in uninvited, the spectators simply dropped the rope and ran in every direction. The police might round up a few of the slow footed, but all the promoters would be out would be the cost of a rope.\nMost scoring systems today is on a 10 point must system. \n\n10-point must system, where the winner of the round must be awarded 10 points. 10-9 is a typical score for a round. A 10-8 or 10-7 round usually indicates there's been at least one knockdown or the action was severely lopsided. The referee can deduct points for fouls.\n\nThe judges judge a round on clean punching, effective aggression, ring generalship, and defense.\n\nThe Marquess of Queensberry rules are a code of popularly accepted rules in the sport of boxing. They were named so because John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code.\n\nThe boxing code was written by John Graham Chambers in 1865 and published in 1867 as "the Queensberry rules for the sport of boxing". This code of rules superseded the Revised London Prize Ring rules (1853), which had themselves replaced the original London Prize Ring rules (1743) of Jack Broughton. This version persuaded boxers that "you must not fight simply to win; no holds barred is not the way; you must win by the rules" (17, sect. 5, pt. 1).\n\nThe first prize fight under Marquess of Queensberry rules took place in Cincinnati, Ohio August 29th 1885. John L. Sullivan defeated his opponent, Dominick McCaffery in the sixth round.\n\nThe Marquess of Queensbury Rules:\n\n1. To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a 24-foot ring, or as near that size as practicable.\n2. No wrestling or hugging allowed.\n3. The rounds to be of three minutes' duration, and one minute's time between rounds.\n4. If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he must get up unassisted, 10 seconds to be allowed him to do so, the other man meanwhile to return to his corner, and when the fallen man is on his legs the round is to be resumed and continued until the three minutes have expired. If one man fails to come to the scratch in the 10 seconds allowed, it shall be in the power of the referee to give his award in favour of the other man.\n5. A man hanging on the ropes in a helpless state, with his toes off the ground, shall be considered down.\n6. No seconds or any other person to be allowed in the ring during the rounds.\n7. Should the contest be stopped by any unavoidable interference, the referee to name the time and place as soon as possible for finishing the contest; so that the match must be won and lost, unless the backers of both men agree to draw the stakes.\n8. The gloves to be fair-sized boxing gloves of the best quality and new.\n9. Should a glove burst, or come off, it must be replaced to the referee's satisfaction.\n10. A man on one knee is considered down and if struck is entitled to the stakes.\n11. No shoes or boots with springs allowed.\n12. The contest in all other respects to be governed by revised rules of the London Prize Ring.
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http://www.boxinggyms.com/tips/handwraps.htm
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I remember that skit. The one about the boxer named Ken Clean-Air System! It's just a made up word where the boxing ring announcer was mumbling a lot of stuff and said "ladies and gedderbong" instead of "ladies and gentlemen".
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ITS VITOR BELFORT ALSO KNOWN AS THE PHENOM. he even has the word jesus on his shorts.
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There are no contracts in amateur boxing, all participants according to USA Boxing (the governing amateur body) under 156 pounds use 10 oz approved boxing gloves, anything over wear 12 oz. When one spars, well that depends on your Trainer.
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Jason Williams of the Miami Heat used to wear big leather work gloves and throw passes against the walls of a gym. Once he could make a great pass with the gloves on, he knew he was ready to take the gloves off and make an even better pass with his bare hands. Pretty cool.
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The origin of the ring was to prevent interference from outsiders! In the 1800's fans would punch fighters. See the movie far and Away with tom cruise and nicole Kidman for a portayal of this.\n\nThe square ring allowed for better viewing and safe distances.\n\nAccording to The Encyclopedia of Boxing, by Gilbert Odd, the term "boxing ring" goes back to bare-knuckle days.  Spectators held a circle of ropes around the fighters, but they were always crowding in on the action.  Eventually, they used stakes to hold the ropes, forming a square.
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I watched virtually no boxing for about 10 years, so can't offer an opinion about anyone since then, but to that point my choice is Larry Holmes. He was very much like Ali, though only more consistent. It is a shame he lost on his attempt to tie Marciano's record - and to someone about the same size and weight (Michael Spinks) to boot - though a very different type of fighter. Yet things like that happen. I have to believe that overall Holmes' competition was much more difficult.\n\nMost of the great fighters fought too long, so I basically ignore losses for some of them late in their career regarding this.
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This is a fascinating bout. Two guys with arguably the best jabs in boxing today, one orthodox, one southpaw.\nWhoever lands his jab first and keeps the other guy turning, wins the fight.\nMy pick is Winky.
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Savate\n\n"According to Michel Delahaye, in his book La Boxe Française, Ergo Press, April 1989, the French style of fighting with the hands and feet, known as Boxe Francaise (French Boxing), was assimilated by Charles Lecour (1808 - 94), the son of a French baker, in 1832. Prior to that time, a method of fighting existed in old Paris where the combatants kicked one another with their everyday shoes on. The common name for a street shoe at that time was "savate" (pronounced sa-vat), which simply meant 'old shoe'. The name savate, therefore, became associated with this particular method of street-fighting.\n\nThose early street brawls did not stop at kicking however, as gouging, wrestling and headbutting are also said to have taken place (just like in England today!). The first person to make an attempt to systematise savate was Michel Casseux (aka) Pisseux (1794 - 1869), who opened the first 'official' Salle (training establishment) in 1825. Unfortunately, savate was still recognised by many as a style of street-fighting, and therefore, initially only attracted those of dubious means and character."
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A bit o' cut and paste:\n\nn the early days of professional fist fighting, groups of fighters would travel from town to town challenging the local men. The fighters would arrange a few of the spectators in a circle and have them hold a ring of rope. Any man wishing to challenge one of the boxers would "toss his hat into the ring." The bout would then take place in this early boxing "ring."\n\nAs the number of spectators increased, the hand-held ring no longer sufficed, and it became necessary to fashion an enclosure by attaching ropes to stakes driven into the ground. Four stakes were normally used, which produced a square enclosure, but it continued to be called a boxing ring.
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Joseph G. Sobek (1918 – 1998) was the inventor of racquetball, although he is not credited with coining the name (he called it “paddle rackets”). He developed the sport while working in a rubber manufacturing plant in Bridgeport, CT.
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I've read about the boxers of Greece and alot of them were very good, they would wrap leather (himantes) over their knuckles as gloves. Theagenes is the greatest of all boxers in history, after his death he was worshiped as a demigod of fertility. 1300 fights in 22 years without losing.\n\n\nHere follows the career record of Theagenes, according to the inscription at the shrine of Thasos at Delphi:\n\nOlympic Games: 2 victories (1 boxing, 1 pankration)\nPythian Games: 3 boxing\nIsthmian Games: 9 boxing, 1 pankration\nNemean Games: 9 boxing\n1300 total victories\nUnbeaten at boxing for 22 years\n\n\nArchaeological evidence suggests boxing existed in North Africa as early as 4000 BC and had also developed in the Mediterranean by 1500 BC.
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Panama Al Lewis was a boxing trainer who was known for some dirty tactics. The first big controversy was when he was in the corner for Aaron Pryor's fight against Alexis Arguello. Lewis was going to give some water to his fighter in the corner but was overheard saying "NOT that one, I want the one I mixed…" when he was handed the bottle. However, it was never confirmed that there were any drugs or anything mixed into the water.\n\nThe incident that got Lewis banned from boxing took place when he trained Luis Resto for a match against Billy Collins in 1983. Resto picked up an unanimous decision, but it was found out after the fight that Lewis had removed over half the stuffing from his gloves.\n\nLewis was convicted of assault was incarcerated for 12 months. Resto was convicted of assault, conspiracy, and criminal possession of a deadly weapon and also served jail time. Both were permanently banned from boxing following this bout.
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Dr. James Naismith invented it.\n\nGeorge Mikan was the star who helped popularize it
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manny pacquiao.  it was a mismatched.