Слайд 2What is boxing
Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at
each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
Слайд 4Competitions
Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport and is a standard fixture in most
international games. It also has its own World Championships. Boxing is overseen by a referee over a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds.
Слайд 6How the winner is determined
A winner can be resolved before the completion
of the rounds when a referee deems an opponent incapable of continuing, disqualification of an opponent, or resignation of an opponent. When the fight reaches the end of its final round with both opponents still standing, the judges scorecards determine the victor.
Слайд 7 In the event that both fighters gain equal scores from the judges,
professional bouts are considered a draw. In Olympic boxing, because a winner must be declared, judges award the contest to one fighter on technical criteria.
Слайд 8The history of boxing
While humans have fought in hand-to-hand combat since the dawn of
human history, the earliest evidence of fist-fighting sporting contests date back to the ancient Near East in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. The earliest evidence of boxing rules date back to Ancient Greece, where boxing was established as an Olympic game in 688 BC.
Слайд 10 Boxing evolved from 16th- and 18th-century prizefights, largely in Great Britain, to the
forerunner of modern boxing in the mid-19th century with the 1867 introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules.