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[Rockin']

The word boxing came from the early settlers in america. With the wild and unorganized society it was very much do or die.

When the first fighters began swinging for money they were not only fighting for a purse but for their lives. Many of these fights, not in any recorded journal, ended only when one man was dead.

When the fight was over and they had a body laying there what would they do, they would call a coroner and have him box 'em up. Hence the term boxing.

Mighty Mendacious Mauler

[K-DOGG]

According to "Word Detective", it is not known with any real degree of certainty where the word "boxing" came from; but:


One possibility is that "box" came from an old Germanic root ("boki") which later appeared in Dutch and German words meaning "to strike."

Though we think of "box" as a verb, it first showed up in English around 1385 as a noun meaning "blow," now heard almost exclusively in the phrase "a box on the ears."


Hope that helped.

[charlie31]

The word boxing came from the early settlers in america. With the wild and unorganized society it was very much do or die.

When the first fighters began swinging for money they were not only fighting for a purse but for their lives. Many of these fights, not in any recorded journal, ended only when one man was dead.

When the fight was over and they had a body laying there what would they do, they would call a coroner and have him box 'em up. Hence the term boxing.

Mighty Mendacious Mauler

wow..that true?

[iron mike tyson]

to answer the original question..why is anything called anything

why is cheese cheese or vimto vimto. you gotta start somewhere

you dont look at a bottle of vimto and say thats a rhino do you :P

[Rockin']

wow..that true?

No, its actually not true. If you notice the name that I signed the word means untruthfull/dishonest. So no, boxing isnt called boxing because they would box 'em up and bury them after bouts. I was just playing. Honestly, I have no idea why its called boxing.

Honest Hank Hooksem

[K-DOGG]

*AHEM*

According to "Word Detective", it is not known with any real degree of certainty where the word "boxing" came from; but:


One possibility is that "box" came from an old Germanic root ("boki") which later appeared in Dutch and German words meaning "to strike."

Though we think of "box" as a verb, it first showed up in English around 1385 as a noun meaning "blow," now heard almost exclusively in the phrase "a box on the ears."


Hope that helped.

[Nacho_Analstain]

thanks 4 replies

[Zn1]

you dont look at a bottle of vimto and say thats a rhino do you :P

if it was called rhino you would

[Smashing]

I thought the word boxing comes from having to fight in a box shaped area...hence boxing..
just a guess tho

[Zn1]

I thought the word boxing comes from having to fight in a box shaped area...hence boxing..
just a guess tho

wow, never thought of that

now i feel like a ******ed dumbass.....instead of just lookin like one