2007-03-28 08:11:10 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
well my oul mate from derry, the chinese invented boxing about 2000 years ago.
2007-03-28 08:22:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
In its modern form under the Queenberry Rules (attributed to the Marquis of Queensberry, better known for getting Oscar Wilde jailed) around the 1860s.
2007-03-29 08:23:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The modern sport comes from rules made by the Marquis of Queensbury. Before that prizefighting was brutal with no going to a neutral corner and bare knuckles used not gloves.
2007-03-28 15:19:56 · answer #3 · answered by Tallboy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has been around since 600 BC. It was in some of the first olympics. At first they just wore leather wraps around the hands then evntually they added spikes.
Boxing has probably been around as long as sport itself although as someone mentioned the rules were alot different.
2007-03-28 15:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by Bruce Tzu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one really knows for sure, but the ancient greeks and romans had boxing matches, the bare knuckle type.
2007-03-28 15:16:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the cave men got mad. I think Liston was champ then too.
2007-03-29 09:24:10 · answer #6 · answered by gman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋