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the noble art of solving disagreements with your fists inside agreed-upon rules.
means A combat sport in which two people wearing padded gloves throw punches at each other within a roped ring, scoring points or knockouts under set rules.
from From "box," meaning a blow or strike, which the verb "to box" (to hit, especially with the fist) grew out of by the 16th century — hence the lingering phrase "a box on the ears." The origins of this "box" are murky and likely imitative or echoic, unrelated to the storage "box" from Latin "buxus" (boxwood). Add the "-ing" of an ongoing activity, and striking became a pastime, then a codified sport.
- queensberry rules
- Modern boxing's code was named after a marquess, not its author.
- sweet science
- Writer Pierce Egan coined the term back in 1813.
- southpaw
- Left-handed fighters confuse opponents who train against righties.
- olympic ancient
- Boxing appeared in the Greek Games around 688 BC.
- weigh-in drama
- Fights are sometimes won at the scale, not the bell.