Combat sport
Boxing
Two fists, twelve rounds, and nowhere to hide.
- Origin
- Ancient; codified 1867
- Competitors
- 1 v 1
- Governing bodies
- WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO
- Pro rounds
- Up to 12 × 3 min
- Ring
- 4.9–6.1 m square
- Olympic
- Yes, since 1904
Three ways in
Option one
Rules & how to play
Everything you need to follow a game of boxing: the objective, the field, the fouls and the officials.
6 sections
Option two
History & origins
Where boxing came from and how it grew, told as a timeline of the moments that changed it.
11 milestones
Option three
Players
Search the greats by name, country or honour — or scroll the list to find someone you've never heard of.
10 profiles