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Boxing ranks among the Olympic Games' most illustrious sports.
When it first arrived in the Ancient Olympic Games, the tools of the trade were long strips of leather wrapped around boxers' fists. The fight continued until one man or the other went down or conceded.
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| History |
 Boxing has a long sporting history. The earliest evidence of boxing is found in
Egypt around 3000 BC. The sport was introduced to the Olympic Games by the
Greeks in the late 7th century BC.
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| Equipment |
 Mouthpiece
A form-fitted appliance placed in a boxer's mouth to protect his teeth and gums; also called a "gumshield".
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| Glossary |
Light flyweight: A boxing division with a 48kg maximum weight.
Light heavyweight: A boxing division with an 81kg maximum weight.
Mandatory eight-count: An eight-second count that a downed boxer must take when he gets back to his feet, allowing the referee time to decide whether to continue the bout.
Queensberry rules: The set of rules followed in modern boxing, developed by the 8th Marquess of Queensberry in the mid-19th century.
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Eddie Eagan holds a special place in Olympic history: he is the only person to win gold medals in both summer and winter sports. Eagan grew up in a poor family in the U.S. city of Denver, yet he made his way through the best universities: Yale, Harvard Law School and Oxford. |
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After winning the Olympic middleweight title in 1948, Hungary's L醩zl?Papp won the light-middleweight crown in 1952 and 1956 to become the first boxer to win three Olympic gold medals. |
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