YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THESE THINGS ABOUT BOXING
Added on: 30th Sep 2016
EVER SINCE THE ADVENT OF BOXING GLOVES,
THE NUMBER OF DEATHS DUE TO BOXING HAS
DRAMATICALLY INCREASED. OF COURSE, MEDICINE
HAS IMPROVED AS WELL, SO BOXERS TEND TO
SURVIVE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL BLOWS
IN THE PAST
ARCHIE ‘THE OLD MONGOOSE’ MOORE HOLDS THE
RECORD FOR THE MOST KNOCKOUTS AT 131. IN
FACT, HE ONLY FOUGHT 219 FIGHTS. THAT MEANS
THAT MORE THAN HALF OF HIS FIGHTS ENDED WITH
HIM KNOCKING OUT THE OTHER BOXER
THE GREEKS INCLUDED BOXING IN THE OLYMPIC
GAMES AS EARLY AS 688 BC
WHEN MUHAMMAD ALI WAS A CHILD, SUGAR RAY
ROBINSON TURNED HIM DOWN FOR AN AUTOGRAPH.
ALI SWORE THAT HE WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO
ANYBODY AND SO HE NEVER TURNED ANYBODY
DOWN FOR AUTOGRAPH REQUESTS
IN 1912 BOXING WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE
SUMMER OLYMPICS IN STOCKHOLM BECAUSE
BOXING WAS ILLEGAL IN SWEDEN
GEORGE FOREMAN MADE MORE MONEY SELLING HIS
GRILLS THAN HE EVER DID DURING HIS BOXING CAREER
JOHN L. SULLIVAN IS THE FIGHTER IN THE MANLY
MAN MEME. HE WAS A BAREKNUCKLE BOXER
WHO ONCE WENT FOR 75 ROUNDS BEFORE WINNING
BOXING, ALONG WITH THINGS LIKE MARATHON
RUNNING, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SPORTS KNOWN
TO MAN. SUMERIAN RELIEFS FROM 3,000 BC SHOW
SOME OF THE FIRST COMPETITIONS.
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