THINGS ABOUT BOXING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW

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