Thread: Not the Latest But the First Boxing Talk

As a former history teacher I have noted, thanks to Wikipedia, that the birth hour of boxing as a sport may be its acceptance by the ancient Greeks as an Olympic game as early as 688 BC. Boxing evolved from 16th- and 18th-century prizefights, largely in Great Britain, to the forerunner of modern boxing in the mid-19th century, again initially in Great Britain and later in the United States. In 2004 boxing was ranked as the most difficult sport in the world, again according to a Wikipedia post on the subject.

I used to teach Greek history as well as early modern history, but boxing never got a look-in in the syllabi. If 688 is correct that makes boxing 2701 years old. One writer whose name is Monte occasionally gets requests from high school students doing research material on the history of boxing; instead of writing out several long replies a year Monte has made this link as an information resource for a student to build on: wellhellobigboy.com