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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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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