Draft:Outline of boxing
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to boxing:
Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and hand wraps, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
What is boxing?
[edit]Boxing can be described as all of the following:
- Sport – form of competitive physical activity that aims to improve fitness and entertain participants or spectators.
- Contact sport – involve physical contact between players.
- Combat sport – competitive contact sport with rules simulating hand-to-hand combat.
- Collision sport – in which athletes purposely collide with each other or objects.
- Competitive sport – athletes or teams compete to determine a winner.
- Individual sport – sports where participants compete as individuals.
- Recreational sport – sport engaged in for leisure or recreation.
- Spectator sport – played primarily for the entertainment of spectators.
- Professional sport – where athletes receive payment for participation.
- Contact sport – involve physical contact between players.
Types of boxing
[edit]- Professional boxing – also known as prizefighting.
- Amateur boxing
- Bare-knuckle boxing
- Chess boxing
- Women's boxing
Boxing events and formats
[edit]Regional boxing traditions
[edit]History of boxing
[edit]Boxing rules
[edit]Boxing violations
[edit]Boxing equipment
[edit]Boxing moves and techniques
[edit]Boxing training and preparation
[edit]Boxing and health
[edit]Boxing personnel
[edit]Boxing championships
[edit]Boxing-related media
[edit]Boxing-related publications
[edit]Books about boxing
[edit]- The Sweet Science – a collection of boxing essays by A.J. Liebling.
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
- Facing Ali – profiles of opponents of Muhammad Ali.
Boxing-related periodicals
[edit]- The Ring (magazine)
- Boxing News
- BoxRec (online record archive)
Boxing-related videos
[edit]Boxing-related organizations
[edit]- International Boxing Association (AIBA)
- World Boxing Association
- World Boxing Council
- International Boxing Federation
- World Boxing Organization
- Commonwealth Boxing Council
- European Boxing Union
- British Boxing Board of Control
- Nevada State Athletic Commission
- USA Boxing
- Amateur Boxing Association of England
- Australian National Boxing Federation
Persons influential in boxing
[edit]- Muhammad Ali – three-time world heavyweight champion, cultural icon.
- Mike Tyson – youngest heavyweight champion in history.
- Sugar Ray Robinson – considered one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters.
- Joe Louis – reigned as heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949.
- Rocky Marciano – only undefeated heavyweight champion.
- Jack Johnson – first African American world heavyweight champion.
- Floyd Mayweather Jr. – undefeated five-division world champion.
- Manny Pacquiao – eight-division world champion.
- George Foreman – two-time heavyweight world champion.
- Evander Holyfield – undisputed champion at cruiserweight and heavyweight.
Boxing promoters
[edit]- Bob Arum – founder of Top Rank Promotions.
- Rodney Berman – founder of Golden Gloves Promotions.
- Oscar De La Hoya – founder of Golden Boy Promotions.
- Lou DiBella – founder of DiBella Entertainment.
- Eddie Hearn – managing director of Matchroom Sport.
- Al Haymon – founder of Premier Boxing Champions.
- Don King – promoted Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
- Cedric Kushner
- Sampson Lewkowicz
- Tex Rickard
- Richard Schaefer
- Kalle Sauerland
- Frank Warren