Boxing ( English boxing) , also sometimes called English boxing or Irish boxing, and colloquially known as box , is a combat sport in which two opponents fight using only their gloved fists , beating his opponent from the waist above, within a ring specially designed for this purpose, in brief fight sequences called rounds or rounds and according to precise rules , which regulates weight categories and duration of the meeting, among others.
More generally , boxing or pugilism mode refers to a wide genre of combat sports where two opponents face fighting using fists, exclusively or not , differing by their rules different sports as the aforementioned English boxing or boxing itself, or savate French boxing , Chinese boxing or Shaolin boxing , kick boxing or Japanese boxing, muay thai or Thai boxing, as the ancient Greeks pugilatos pygmachia and pankration , etc.
Boxing
The first codification of the rules governing boxing matches dating back to 1743 , while still in force rules were established in 1889 by the Marquis of Queensberry , who among other things introduced the use of gloves .