Boxing Two Royal Navy men boxing for charity (1945).

The modern sport was codified in England in the 19th and early 💰 20th centuries.

Also known as Western boxing, pugilism[a] Focus Punching, striking Country of origin The sport itself: Ancient history, possibly Prehistoric

Modern 💰 rules: United Kingdom Olympic sport 688 BC (Ancient Greece)1904 (modern)

Boxing (also known as "western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat 💰 sport and a martial art[1][2][3][4] in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand 💰 wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.