¿What is boxing?

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Boxing (sometimes called English boxing or Irish boxing, and colloquially known as boxing) is a contact sport in which two opponents fight using only their fists with gloves, hitting their opponent from the waist towards above, inside a quadrilateral specially designed for this purpose; The fight is carried out in brief fight sequences called assaults and according to a precise regulation, which regulates weight categories and duration of the match, among other aspects. More generally, boxing or `` 'boxing' '' refers to a broad genre of combat sports in which two opponents face each other in fighting using their fists, covered by gloves and differentiating according to their rules different sports such as already mentioned English boxing or boxing itself, French boxing or savate, Chinese boxing or Shaolin boxing, kick boxing or Japanese boxing, Muay Thai or Thai boxing, Suntukan or Filipino boxing, and ancient Greek pugilato styles such as the pygmachia and the pancracio, etc.

After the inclusion in the Olympic Games in the Antiquity of the seventh century, the first codification of the regulations governing boxing matches dates back to 1743.3 Ceballos, Natalia. «History and origin of boxing gloves». Retrieved on March 9, 2019. while the rules still in force were established in 1889 by the Marquis de Queensberry, who among other things introduced the use of gloves.

Traditionally it has been considered as an exclusively male sports practice, legally and culturally affected by gender bias, although there are also women who practice this sport. The recognition of women's rights and the advances in the fight against discrimination have allowed the rise of women's boxing in recent decades, which is why the 2011 Pan American Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics included Female boxing in several categories.

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