The history of boxing (great read)

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Just click on 'Next' and it'll take you through the whole history of the fight game origins,interesting stuff with some mad facts like this...

BOXING FACT
The Ring is not named after a boxing ring but after a black kitten with a white ring around its neck. It entered the building the day it was bought by boxing promoters Dick and Bella Burge.

BOXING FACT
Bare knuckle prizefighter Daniel Mendoza used to use a tree as a punchbag in order to toughen his knuckles and give them a 'horny' texture thus inflicting more damage to his opponents face

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/sport/bo..._history.shtml