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Early history
Modern boxing
Rules
Professional vs. amateur boxing
Boxing style terminology
Equipment
Technique
The Corner
Boxing Hall of Fame
Governing and sanctioning bodies
Boxing (sometimes also known as Western boxing or pugilism) is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight|weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to get up before the referee (boxing)|referee counts to ten seconds (a Knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too injury|injured to continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO). If there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards.
Although fighting with fists comes naturally to people, evidence of fist-fighting contests first appear on ancient Sumerian, Ancient Egypt|Egyptian and Minoan reliefs. The Ancient Greece|ancient Greeks provide us our first historical records of boxing as a formal sport; they codified a set of rules and staged tournaments with professionals. The birth hour of boxing as a sport may be its acceptance as an Ancient Olympic Games|Olympic game as early as 688 BC. Modern boxing evolved in Europe, particularly Great Britain.
In some countries with their own fighting sports, the sport is referred to as "English Boxing" (e.g. in France to contrast with Savate|French boxing). There are numerous different styles of boxing practiced around the world.