Informative Essay About Boxing

Boxing has been a sport in the Olympics since 1904. Amateur boxing matches are short in duration. Three minutes in men. For women it is four rounds that are 2 minutes each. There are different weight classes. Light flyweight, flyweight, bantamweight, welterweight, lightweight, light welterweight, heavyweight, superheavyweight, and more. Boxing is a dangerous sport. If you get knocked down you can keep going. Unlike the UFC which in my opinion is better if you get knocked down you can fight your way out of it or just lose. In boxing you’re on your feet the whole time. In UFC you’re all over the ring on the ground standing up or in a clinch. UFC or MMA is a lot bloodier because you can use your elbows and knees. The gloves don’t have as much padding either.

Boxing is also called pugilism. Boxing gloves are actually more dangerous than bareknuckle boxing. In fact, gloves weren’t introduced for safety reasons but to increase hits to the head and cause more dramatic knockouts. Wow a really weird fact. In 1949 an official boxing match was held between a bear and a human, the bear won. Boxing in the Olympics used to be a men only event. It was the last event in the summer games. Now women can box too. Boxers make a lot a year. They make on average about 800 per fight that are four rounds long. Ina year they make, well not enough to me there putting their lives in the lie. Oscar de la hora has been paid the most ever in boxing. He got paid 53 million. In boxing you have to hit hard. That why mike Tyson is so good because out of all the people in boxing he is the one who hits the hardest. Bernard Hopkins was the oldest boxer to ever live and also one of the best. Boxing has been around for a long time. You get brain damage because you get hit in the head so many times it causes you to get brain damage. You can get punch drunk that is when you slur your words or act like your drunk from getting punched so many