Olympic Boxing: December 2011

Monday 26 December 2011

Boxing Equipments

Boxing equipments are used to protect boxers from any type of injuries. The boxing equipments which are commonly used are gloves, mouth guards, wraps, soft sold shoes, rings, headgear and punching bags.

Gloves

Gloves are used to protect the hands from blunt injury, allowing boxers to throw punches with more force than if they did not utilize them. Gloves have been required in competition since the late nineteenth century, though modern boxing gloves are much heavier than those worn by early twentieth-century fighters.

Mouth Guard

A mouth guard is important protective device for the mouth teeth and gums from injury, that covers the teeth and gums to prevent and reduce injury to the teeth, arches, lips and gums and to cushion the jaw, resulting in a decreased chance of knockout.

Hand Wrap

A hand wrap or a wrist wrap is a strip of cloth used in boxing to protect the the bones in the hand hand and wrist against injuries induced by punching. It also serves to both maintain the alignment of the joints, and to compress and lend strength to the soft tissues of the hand during the impact of a punch.

Boxing shoes

When you’re boxing, you do a lot of pivoting on your feet. Boxing shoes lace up high, which gives better protection for your ankles compared to regular sneakers. The flat bottoms on boxing shoes also help you feel surefooted and maintain your sense of gravity. Fighters need to feel connected to the ground, and the soft soles of many sneakers make that difficult.

Headgear

Headgear is a padded helmet, worn on the head by contestants in Amateur and Olympic boxing. It effectively protects against cuts, scrapes, and swelling, but does not protect very well against concussions. It will not protect the brain from the jarring that occurs when the head is struck. There are different types of boxing headgear available. Some headgear is open-faced. This is the style normally used in amateur boxing competitions. Unlike open-faced headger, training headgear covers the cheek. "Face-saver" headgear features a pad across the face so that no direct contact is made to the face. As the amount of padding in headgear is increased, visibility is reduced.

Punching Bag

A punching bag (US) or punch-bag (UK) is a sturdy bag designed to be repeatedly punched, covered with leather, or synthetic materials such as vinyl that resist abrasion and mildew. Athletically,punching bag is used to improve one of three areas: physical strength, aerobic fitness, or punching technique. Punching bag is used for conditioning, physical exercise, and stress relief. There are different types of punching bags, with different names based on their size, use and mounting method. These are speed bags swerve balls / floor to ceiling balls, double-end bags or focus bags, maize bags or slip bags, heavy bag,pedestal bags or tower bags, body opponent bag and the uppercut.

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Olympics Boxing - Introduction

Boxing is a sport of fighting with the fists, played between two players of same weight, especially according to rules requiring the use of boxing gloves and limiting legal blows to those striking above the waist and on the front or sides of the opponent. Boxing is also called pugilism and prizefighting.

Boxing was a part of the ancient Summer Games. In those days the fight would often end with one boxer's death. When the modern Summer Games were again started in 1896, the Athens organizing committee decided to omit boxing from the Olympics' schedule as it was too dangerous. The boxing was introduced to the 1904 Summer Games and were held at the stadium called Francis Field in St. Louis. Boxing was one of the seventeen sports of third Modern Summer Games. Boxing was again banned in 1912 Summer Olympic Games as the Swedish law. Later boxing reappeared in the schedule of the Summer Games in 1920. Since then, the sport has been contested at every Summer Games.

The thirtieth Summer Games will be held in the year 2012 in the London Olympic Stadium in London. There will be 300 events in 26 sports in the Thirtieth Summer Games in 2012. The boxing event included in the schedule and being held from 28 July to 12 August 2012 at Excel, London. 286 athletes will compete for 13 medals. A woman’s boxing being introduced for the first time in Summer Olympics 2012.

Boxing History in British

Boxing in British

Boxing and Britain have a very long association. Way back in 1681 there is a mention of a boxing match in the Protestant Mercury, a London newspaper. The Royal Theatre in London held regular boxing matches way back in 1698. King George was a great fan along with many of his noblemen. The King set up a boxing ring in Hyde Park in 1723.

These days boxing fights were still brutal, and rules were few and far between. Champion boxers were very hard men indeed and they took a lot of very real physical punishment in the ring. After 1734, boxing began to develop towards the type of fighting we would recognize in a ring today as professional boxing.

James Figg

James Figg had a pupil called John ‘Jack’ Broughton. He became champion from 1729 to 1750 and was known as the father of English boxing. Broughton laid down some basic rules for boxing to try and organize what was still pretty much a free for all in the ring. In 1734, the same year he set out his first set of boxing rules, he established a school known as Broughton’s Amphitheatre in Oxford Road, near Oxford Street. Daniel Mendoza, another London boxer, was champion from 1791 to 1795. He also taught the art of boxing at his Mendoza School where he put greater emphasis on footwork, sparring and counter punching than had previously been used in boxing. His work helped move boxing on from brutal brawls to more sophisticated fighting, closer to the much more tactical professional boxing of today.

The 1800s were good years for British fighters with many claiming the World Title including James Burke, Tom Cribb, Jem Mace and Jim Belcher. This was the most important era of boxing because of the introduction of the Queensbury Rules. By 1838 London Prize Ring rules were in use, with a roped-off ring. The Queensberry rules from 1867 onwards took some time to establish themselves; they included padded gloves, 3-minute rounds, and a 10-second knock-out. It became the admittedly still brutal but more graceful game that it is today. The Queensbury Rules of 1867 helped to bring sporting behavior, tactics, and sophistication into boxing.

Queensberry Rules Boxing

Boxers love to collect belts. The first boxer who receives the belt was Freddie Walsh who was awarded it in 1909 for winning the British lightweight title. The boxer from London’s East End received the belt in 1911 when he knocked out opponent Ian Hague in the sixth round. British hero Henry Cooper won three Lonsdale Belts outright during his career.

The Amateur Boxing Association was set up in 1880 and boxing was brought into the Olympic Games in 1904. In professional boxing, the British Board of Control has supervised since 1919, though international authorities have proliferated.

Later in the century Britain enjoyed some Olympic success including in 1956 when East London boxer Terry Spinks won the flyweight gold in Melbourne. The list of British fighters who managed to claim titles during the 20th century includes such boxing legends as Loyd Honeyghan, Welterweight 1986; Nigel Benn , Middleweight 1990, 1992-96; Chris Eubank , Middleweight 1990-91, 1991-95; Frank Bruno , Heavyweight 1995-1996.

Britain finally got firmly to the top of boxing again with the success of Lennox Lewis , Heavyweight champion in 1993-1994, 1997-2001, 2001-2004. While other fighters like Bruno had managed to claim a world title belt, Lewis did it with the style and consistency of a true world champion. One of Lennox’s greatest claims to fame is his defeat of the great Mike Tyson in 2002 with an eighth round knock down.

Boxing began to move away from its earlier association with noblemen and courtiers and found itself firmly entrenched in London’s culture. Boxing also has a strong link with many pubs in London. British boxing has a place in our history, The Queensbury Rules, the code that underpins boxing, was formulated by the British sportsman John Graham Chambers on British soil almost 150 years ago. Britain has enjoyed a good deal of competitive success in boxing over many decades. Lennox Lewis has made sure that we have had some recent representation at World Heavyweight level. Meanwhile a myriad of talented boxers have brought title after title home in the lower weights.

Boxing has been included among the Olympic Games since 1904. Today there are 17 primary weight classes in professional boxing. Women’s boxing will be introduced for the first time in Summer Olympics 2012.

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Boxing History in United States

Boxing is a sport played between two players of same weight fight each other with their fists, especially according to rules requiring the use of boxing gloves and limiting legal blows to those striking above the waist and on the front or sides of the opponent. Boxing is also called pugilism and prizefighting. The fighter will be declared winner, who knock out the opponent in the fight or scores the maximum points after the completion of the rounds. In the modern sport, boxers wear padded gloves and fight bouts of up to 12 three-minute rounds in a roped-off square known as the ring.

Boxing was first time introduced to the 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis. Again the sport was excluded from Olympic program in 1912 as the Swedish law banned the sport. Later boxing reappeared in the schedule of the Summer Games in 1920. Since then, the sport has been contested at every Summer Games.

Boxing in United States

Until late in the 19th century, American fighters established their own rules, which were few. Early matches, some of them free-for-alls, featured biting and gouging as well as punching. In most instances they were also illegal. In 1888, John L. Sullivan, a bare-knuckle champion and America's first sports celebrity, won a clandestine 75-round match.

New York legalized boxing in 1896, and other states soon followed suit. Although the reign (1910-15) of the first African-American heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson, disturbed the segregated society of the time and although many continued to question boxing's social purpose boxing use for military training in World War I, its emergence as a source of discipline for youth, its regulation by state commissions, and its suggestion of national vitality strengthened its claims to legitimacy and bolstered its popularity through the 1920s and 30s. Jack Dempsey from (1919-26) and Joe Louis from (1937-49) were heavyweight (over 190 lb/86.3 kg) champions and were national heroes, Louis becoming one of the first black athletes to gain wide popularity.

first African-American heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson

Since World War II, boxing has proceeded amid corruption and, at times, chaos. Rising admission prices, restriction of title fights to closed-circuit television, the proliferation of organizations claiming to sanction fights and proclaim champions, financial scandals, ring injuries and deaths, monopolistic practices by promoters, and claims of exploitation of lower-class fighters have threatened its appeal, yet the sport continues to attract huge audiences and investment.

Great fighters like Muhammad Ali elicit admiration and fascination, while controversy surrounds others like the repeatedly imprisoned Mike Tyson. Lennox Lewis is generally regarded as the current world heavyweight champion.

Saturday 24 December 2011

Boxing History

Boxing is a sport played between two players. Boxing is the act, activity, or sport of fighting with the fists, especially according to rules requiring the use of boxing gloves and limiting legal blows to those striking above the waist and on the front or sides of the opponent. Boxing is also called pugilism and prizefighting. Boxing sports involving attack and defense with the fists. In the modern sport, boxers wear padded gloves and fight bouts of up to 12 three-minute rounds in a roped-off square known as the ring.

Boxing History

Depicted on the walls of tombs at Beni Hasan in Egypt, dating from about 2000 to 1500 B.C. boxing is one of the oldest forms of competition. A part of the ancient Olympic Games, the sport was exhausting and brutal. Boxing was one of the oldest events in the ancient Summer Games. Boxing was included in the schedule of the 23rd Olympiad in 688 BC. In boxing, competitors wore leather straps to protect their hands. The combat went on until one gave in or could not go on. The gloves were used to protect the hands of the boxer. Boxing became increasingly brutal over the centuries. Ancient boxers wrapped leather thongs, known as himantes, around their hands and wrists which left their fingers free.

The Greeks were the first to start the Summer Games about 3000 years ago in 776 BC in the plain of Olympia in Peloponnese. The Greeks fought without regard for weight differentials and without interruption, a match ending only when a fighter lost consciousness or raised his hand in resignation. Boxers wound heavy strips of leather around their hands and wrists. The ancient Summer Games grew and continued to be played every four years for nearly 1200 years. In 393 AD, the Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I abolished the Games because of their pagan influences. The ancient Olympics were different from the todays modern Games.

In earlier history fighters used leather thongs on their hands and forearms, while in Rome gladiators used metal-studded leather hand coverings and usually fought to the death. In 1743, Jack Broughton British drew up the first set of boxing rules. Though fights still ended only in knockout or resignation, not until implementation of the London Prize Ring rules in 1839 were kicking, gouging, butting, biting, and blows below the belt eliminated from the boxer's standard repertoire.

In 1867, the fighters used gloves on their hands, though bare-knuckle boxing continued into the late 1880s and rules are called Queensberry rules. In 1888, John L. Sullivan was the last fighters of the great bare-knuckle boxing and first America's sports celebrity, who won a clandestine 75-round match. From Sullivan on, the U.S. became the premier boxing venue, partly because immigrants supplied a constantly renewed pool of boxers.

When the modern Summer Games were started in 1896, the Athens organizing committee decided to omit boxing from the Olympics' schedule as it was too dangerous. The sport was introduced to the 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis. Boxing used for military training in World War I, its emergence as a source of discipline for youth. Again the boxing sport was excluded from Olympic program in 1912 as the Swedish law banned the sport. Later boxing reappeared in the schedule of the Summer Games in 1920. Since then, the sport has been contested at every Summer Games. Today there are 17 primary weight classes in professional boxing. Boxing bolstered its popularity through the 1920s and 30s.

Jack Dempsey from (1919-26) and Joe Louis from (1937-49) were heavyweight (over 190 lb/86.3 kg) champions and were national heroes, Louis becoming one of the first black athletes to gain wide popularity. Since World War II, boxing has proceeded amid corruption and, at times, chaos. Great fighters like Muhammad Ali elicit admiration and fascination, while controversy surrounds others like the repeatedly imprisoned Mike Tyson.

The events included in the boxing are light flyweight, flyweight, bantamweight, and featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight and super heavyweight. Lennox Lewis is generally regarded as the current world heavyweight champion.

Boxing - Overview

Boxing sports involving attack and defense with the fists. In the modern sport, boxers wear padded gloves and fight bouts of up to 12 three-minute rounds in a roped-off square known as the ring. There are many different styles and forms of boxing.

In ancient Greece fighters used leather thongs on their hands and forearms, while in Rome gladiators used metal-studded leather hand coverings (cesti) and usually fought to the death. Not until implementation of the London Prize Ring rules in 1839 were kicking, gouging, butting, biting, and blows below the belt eliminated from the boxer's standard repertoire.

In 1867, the fighters used gloves on their hands, though bare-knuckle boxing continued into the late 1880s and rules are called Queensberry rules. John L. Sullivan was the last fighters of the great bare-knuckle boxing. From Sullivan on, the U.S. became the premier boxing venue, partly because immigrants supplied a constantly renewed pool of boxers.

Boxing has been included among the Olympic Games since 1904. Today there are 17 primary weight classes in professional boxing. Women’s boxing will be introduce for the first time in Summer Olympics 2012.