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  • Young boxers fresco, Akrotiri, Greece

    A painting of Minoan youths boxing, from an Akrotiri fresco circa 1650 BC. This is the earliest documented use of boxing gloves.

  • Ancient Greece, Boxers (youths), Panathenaic Amphora

    A boxing scene depicted on a Panathenaic amphora from Ancient Greece, circa 336 BC, British Museum

  • Blow2

    A straight right demonstrated in Edmund Price's The Science of Defence: A Treatise on Sparring and Wrestling, 1867

  • Cribb vs Molineaux 1811

    Tom Molineaux (left) vs Tom Cribb in a re-match for the heavyweight championship of England, 1811

  • Amateur Boxing Club, Porthaethwy (7005565417)

    Amateur Boxing Club, Wales, 1963

  • Robert Helenius vs. Attila Levin

    Robert Helenius (on the right) vs. Attila Levin (on the left) at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland on 27 November 2010.

  • Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Pattersson 1959

    Ingemar Johansson of Sweden KO's heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, 26 June 1959.

  • Prvoslav Vujčić and Roberto Durán

    Roberto Durán (right) held world championships in four weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight

  • Nicola adams crop

    Nicola Adams (left) is the first female boxer to win an Olympic gold medal. Here with Mary Kom of India.

  • Bellows George Dempsey and Firpo 1924

    Firpo sending Dempsey outside the ring; painting by George Bellows.

  • Muhammad Ali NYWTS

    Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was a typical example of an out-fighter.

  • George Foreman 2009

    Famous brawler George Foreman

  • Henry Armstrong 1937

    Henry Armstrong was known for his aggressive, non-stop assault style of fighting.

  • Joe Louis - Max Schmeling - 1936

    Louis vs. Schmeling, 1936

  • Boxing080905 photoshop

    Ricardo Dominguez (left) throws an uppercut on Rafael Ortiz (right).

  • 2017-12-02 Tina Rupprecht - Anne Sophie Da Costa - DSC2771

    Boxer Tina Rupprecht receiving instructions from her trainer while being treated by her cutman in the ring corner between rounds.

  • Gene Tunney

    Stamp honoring heavyweight champion Gene Tunney

  • Wladimir Klitschko (2008-12-13)

    Former WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight champion, Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko

  • Attitude droite1

    Upright stance

  • Attitude semi-enroulée1

    Semi-crouch

  • Attitude enroulée1

    Full crouch

  • Jab7

    Jab

  • Drop3

    Cross – in counter-punch with a looping

  • Crochet1

    Hook

  • Slip1

    Slipping

  • Slip2

    Bobbing

  • Blocage1

    Blocking (with the arms)

  • Protection passive1

    Cover-Up (with the gloves)

  • Neutraliser1

    Clinching

  • Pas de retrait

    Footwork

  • Retrait2

    Pulling away

  • Contre bolo1

    Bolo punch

  • Drop1

    Overhand (overcut)

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