History of boxing sport

HISTORY OF THE KIND
In the year 1619 BC the island of Crete is an island located at sea in the middle of its people have done boxing sport, and in the year ± 1600 in China there is also boxing. The first boxing game recorded in history is among others against Abel. The mahabrata also records boxing matches, which precedes the recording of fights between Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. Although boxing is famous for centuries as a form of entertainment, but we are new to boxing in the 18th century in England, developed by an Englishman named Jamea Free, and in 1730 he became the first champion in the UK.
Then came an Englishman named Branchton as a boxer who used gloves. And in 1743 he made a rule about boxing. While the first famous boxer is a thriving Greek named Theagenes of Thaos who won at the Olympic Games in 450.Ia did the game as much as 1406 times using a cestus that is a boxing glove made of iron. Most of the challengers who fought with Theagenes suffered unfortunate fate at the fist end of Theagenes.
The Ancient Greek boxing game is a kind of ancient sport from at least the 8th century BC (based on Homer's Iliad poem) carried out in various social contexts in Greece. Much of the material of the ancient Greek boxing sources known to exist is in an incomplete state or simply a legend so it is difficult to know the rules of the game, the customs and the history of this sport in detail. Nevertheless, it is clear that boxing fighting using boxing gloves is an important part of Ancient Greek athletic culture throughout the early classical period. Until about 500 BC the theses were used as a knuckle and hand patron. Himantes is a leather strap made of cowhide with a length of about 3 to 3.7 meters that wrap around the hands and knuckles several times.
In Indonesia boxing entered and popularized by the Dutch East Indies or KNIL (Koninklijk Nederlands Inside Large). The first boxing ring established in Indonesia in colonial times is still there today, namely boxing ring in Jasdam V Java and Jasam VII Diponegoro (Semarang).