Believe it or not! But the first actual form of boxing began way back to the time of the gladiators. Gladiators from Rome before Christ that fought in the Coliseum against men and lions, etc. The first professional boxer was...Robert James "Bob" Fitzsimmons (May 26, 1863 - October 22, 1917)
Boxing debuted at the 1904 Games in St. Louis.
Boxing debuted at the 1904 Games in St. Louis. --QPaint
women's boxing
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Women's boxing was introduced as a new event for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games
There will be no new introduced sport Karate and squash were considered and not approved. They did add Women;s Boxing but Boxing was already part of the sports and was just an added set of events.
snowboard cross is the sport introduced at the winter Olympics 2010
His bike was stolen, which is when he was introduced to the boxing gym.
For the first time, women's boxing is included
The IBF were the first to introduce the division as "Mini Flyweight" in June 1987. The WBC introduced it as Strawweight in October '87 The WBA introduced it as Minimumweight in Jan '88 The WBO brought it in in Aug '89.
The morning after winning the heavyweight boxing championship, Malcolm X introduced Ali to the press in New York. Malcolm x predicted that Ali would become a world figure and of course the first Muslim boxing champion. Ali toured Harlem with Malcolm and was introduced to African diplomats in the lobby of the United Nations. As an aside, at this particular time, Cassius Clay had not yet changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
The area where a boxing fight is held is called a boxing ring.