THINGS ABOUT BOXING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW
Added on: 26th Jul 2016
ONE OF BRUCE LEE'S MENTORS,
WONG SHUN LEUNG,
WAS A BARE KNUCKLE BOXING CHAMPION
ON THE UNDERGROUND CIRCUIT
(WHICH WAS ILLEGAL). HE QUIT FIGHTING,
HOWEVER, AFTER ACCIDENTALLY
BLINDING AN OPPONENT
IN 1860, JOHN HEENAN, A BAREKNUCKLE BOXER,
WAS BEAT SO BADLY THAT AN ARTIST WAS
HIRED TO PAINT A PICTURE OF HIS FACE AFTER
THE MATCH. IT RECENTLY SOLD FOR £3000
CHESS BOXING IS ON THE RISE IN EUROPE.
THIS NEW SPORT ALTERNATES ROUNDS OF
CHESS WITH ROUNDS IN THE RING
BOXER WILLIE PEP IS THE ONLY FIGHTER TO EVER
WIN WITHOUT THROWING ANY PUNCHES
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON WAS THE FIRST PERSON
TO WHICH THE PHRASE "POUND FOR POUND"
WAS APPLIED. IT WAS MEANT TO INDICATE A
COMPARISON BETWEEN HIM AND OTHER
FIGHTERS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR
WEIGHT CLASS
SALAMO AROUCH WAS A JEWISH BOXER WHO
WAS IMPRISONED AT AUSCHWITZ. DURING HIS
IMPRISONMENT HE WAS FORCED TO FIGHT OTHER
PRISONERS AND THE LOSERS WERE EXECUTED.
SALAMO SURVIVED FOR 2 YEARS UNTIL THE
ALLIES LIBERATED THE CONCENTRATION CAMP
GLOVES WEREN'T INTRODUCED TO BOXING FOR
SAFETY. THEY WERE ACTUALLY INTRODUCED IN
ORDER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PUNCHES
TO THE HEAD
IN FACT, BOXING WAS MUCH SAFER BEFORE GLOVES.
THIS IS BECAUSE BOXERS WOULD RARELY HIT THE
HEAD. IT WAS HARD AND MANY FIGHTS WOULD
END WITH BROKEN KNUCKLES BECAUSE
OF HEAD SHOTS
Comment on this