Boxing History

[Left2theliver]

Hey folks,

I was wondering for those who know a lot about the History of Boxing if you could help me out. I'm working on a project for my Archaeology class, and my topic of choice was History of Boxing and it's Equipment, really meaning anything form the gear used in competition and training, to the environment and areas which the fights took place. I'm trying to emphasize it around the 1800's when Boxing seemed to have taken a turn and was legitimately recognized as a real legit sport. If anyone knows anything or could point me out to some real good, reliable sources, it would be great.

Thanks!

[turbotime]

Hey folks,

I was wondering for those who know a lot about the History of Boxing if you could help me out. I'm working on a project for my Archaeology class, and my topic of choice was History of Boxing and it's Equipment, really meaning anything form the gear used in competition and training, to the environment and areas which the fights took place. I'm trying to emphasize it around the 1800's when Boxing seemed to have taken a turn and was legitimately recognized as a real legit sport. If anyone knows anything or could point me out to some real good, reliable sources, it would be great.

Thanks!

You could research the inception of:

Marquess of Queensberry rules, unified rules (which is when boxing really became "modernized" with the Marquess of Q rules because it set limitations and 'fair play')
different sanctioning bodies and how they effected titles
Amateur boxing in the Olympics and their impact
Racism in boxing

[Rockin']

Buy the book Beyond The Ring. It'll tell you everthing that you need to know excluding statistics...........Rockin'

[turbotime]

You could research the inception of:

Marquess of Queensberry rules, unified rules (which is when boxing really became "modernized" with the Marquess of Q rules because it set limitations and 'fair play')
different sanctioning bodies and how they effected titles
Amateur boxing in the Olympics and their impact
Racism in boxing

On top of this, you could argue that a lot of people still don't see boxing as a "legit" sport.

[turbotime]

You can also talk about how boxing evolved from the original 8 classes into more weight classes, mainly for the safety of the fighters, but also allowing more orgs to collect sanctioning fees for titles.

Boxing is so weird/interesting.