Hi I'm Shahroze and I'll tell you about boxing. Etruscans are called pugilism of boxing. The Greek people weren't the first people to make rules for boxing. Mediterranean areas while clinching was banned. Fights weren't separated into rounds. There was no time limit. They ended at injuries, or fighter hitting, or even maybe death. Although gloves were used in practice, in a fight players wrapped their hands in hardened leather to prevent injury. Homer's lliad holds the first detailed account of a box competition.

Modern Boxing

Records of classical boxing activity fell down after the fall of Roman Empire. There was also a sport called Fistfight. The first bare knuckle fight in England appeared in 1681. English bare-knuckle champion was James Figg in 1719. 1719 was the time when the word boxing first was common. There were no weight checks and no referee to see the round.

Ancient Roman Boxing

In ancient Rome there were two types of boxing from the Etruscans. There was an athletic form that was good in the whole Roman World. Gladiatorial boxing is the next form in boxing. The slaves that lived there would fight to get there freedom. Free people also would fight. Boxing became so famous even kings, queens, and emperors would fight. 500 A.D was the time when Theodoric the Great banned boxing because it messed up peoples faces.