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Boxers - Profiles
Intro
Pugilists.org.uk is a site dedicated to the top boxers in
UK boxing history. For those visitors who are new to the sport
of Boxing, it would be wise for me to highlight that boxing
is a combat sport with two combatants. The participant are
matched by a similar weight and are only allowed to use their
fists to fight with. The fight is controlled by a referee
who adheres to a strict set of rules. A boxing match is simple
referred to as a fight or a bout. The fight consists of intervals
lasting three minutes, called rounds. The amount of rounds
in a fight can vary, but championship level fights tend to
last twelve rounds, although they previously lasted fifteen
pounds. A fight can be stopped before the full round allocation
in two ways. If a participant is knocked to the floor and
cannot rise to his feet within ten seconds, this is referred
to as a knockout (KO). If a participant is assessed as being
too hurt to continue the bout, then the decision is called
a Technical Knockout (TKO). If the fight lasts to the full
allotted amount of rounds, then a winner is decided by either
the referee or by a round by round score card of a judge/judges.
The history of Boxing is intriguing, evidence of staged fist
fights date back to the ancient Egyptian civilisation. The
ancient Greeks, circa BC 690, appear to have been the first
recorded civilisation to have created a set of rules by which
to fight by. Present day boxing owes it's roots to Great Britain,
which formalised two sets of rules, the London Prize Ring
rules and the Marquess of Queensberry rules. It was only under
the Marquess of Queensberry rules that recognised boxing champions
were established, which gave birth to the current boxing councils
and their belts.
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