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  • Why is the sport even called "boxing"

    Is it because the ring is a square? Because what does a box have to do with fist fighting?

    Then again then couldn't name the sport "fisting"

  • #2
    Apparently these are the nearest examples it came from:

    Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), Middle High German buc (“a blow”), Danish bask (“a blow”)

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    • #3
      in dutch "boks" (pronounced box) is called a blow.

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      • #4
        casual fans

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