In some African Commonwealth nations, particularly Ghana, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania, prize fighting contests are held on Boxing Day.

Boxing, like several other fighting sports, categorizes its competitors into weight classes.

A boxer will generally try to have the maximum weight possible within the Boxing weight classes ( s ) he is fighting in, as a good boxer will be able to use his weight to his advantage.

All had similar records with McNeil fighting out of what was the Kenton gym, North Benwell Sports & Boxing Club ; beaten on points, with a tally of 23 fights, 21 wins, 19 by way of k. o.

The purpose of the event was to identify the most effective martial art in a real fight between competitors of different fighting disciplines, including Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Tae Kwon Do, Wrestling, Muay Thai, Karate and other styles.

Other boxers who fought with Stars of David embroidered on their trunks to reflect their ethno-religious pride included world lightweight champion Benny " the Ghetto Wizard " Leonard ( who said he felt as though he was fighting for all Jews ), world light heavyweight boxing champion Battling Levinsky, Barney Ross ( world champion as a lightweight, as a junior welterweight, and as a welterweight ), world flyweight boxing champion Victor " Young " Peres (" Young "), and more recently World Boxing Association super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman and light middleweight Boyd Melson.

Neo is able to run an unprecedented number of these programs simultaneously ; he is therefore a master of multiple martial arts and fighting styles, including Kung Fu styles, Kempo styles, Savate, Jujitsu, Karate, Eskrima, Drunken Boxing, and Taekwondo ( the Nebuchadnezzar's ship operator Tank uploads each of these martial arts programs to Neo's brain during his training in the first movie ).

The elephant style in question is a mistranslation of xiang, which actually refers to Xiang Xing Quan ( 象形拳-" Imitation Boxing "), a fighting technique which emphasizes the imitation of the offensive and defensive actions of a certain animal or celestial personage.

The training resumes and soon Wong learns Beggar So's secret style of martial arts, a form of Drunken Boxing called " The Eight Drunken Immortals ", named after the eight mythological figures that the fighting style emulates.

Once again fighting in front of an HBO Boxing audience, however, he was defeated in what many saw as a surprise by Edwin Rosario, who knocked him out in two rounds at Miami.

Yùndòng Sanda ( Mandarin Chinese, Sport Free Fighting ), or Jingzheng Sanda ( Mandarin Chinese, Competitive Free Fighting ): A modern fighting method, sport, and applicable component of Wushu / Kung Fu influenced by traditional Chinese Boxing, of which takedowns & throws are legal in competition, as well as all other sorts of striking ( use of arms & legs ).

Some Sanda fighters have participated in fighting tournaments such as K-1 and Shoot Boxing.

As expected, Ippo loses by KO, but not until Miyata struggles dodging his punches and finally ends the match with his trump card: " The Counter " The coach Kamogawa decides that he has great fighting sense and spirit and decides to train him to eventually become the Japanese Champion with a world ranking while Miyata became the OPBF ( Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation ) Champion.

The Xbox version ( Only released in the US ) contains both versions of Mechagodzilla, improved graphics, two new fighting arenas ( Boxing Ring, Vortaak Homeworld ) and custom soundtracks.

Some of the EBU rules are that a fighter must not be younger than 20 years of age when fighting for an EBU championship, and that hotel accommodation for boxers, referees and European Boxing Union officials visiting a country for an EBU fight must be paid by the fight's promoter.

He retired from fighting in 1935 and became a Jersey City police officer and is a member of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.

* Rod Hull and Emu hosted Christmas Disney Time on Boxing Day at 5: 10 pm and featured clips from The Aristocats, The Love Bug, The Ugly Dachshund, Sleeping Beauty and the new Disney science fiction film, The Black Hole.

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* Boxing ( computer science ), a process of placing a primitive type within an object so that the primitive can be used as an object

* January 13-Anton Christoforidis becomes the first Greek world boxing champion in history, beating Melio Bettina by a fifteen round decision for the National Boxing Association's vacant world Light-Heavyweight title, in Cleveland.

From then on retail trade is only restricted on public holidays ( New Years Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Day of Prayer, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day ) and on Constitution Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve ( on New Year's Eve from 3 pm only ).

Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of one to three minute intervals called rounds.

Dots and Boxes ( also known as Boxes, Squares, Paddocks, Square-it, Dots and Dashes, Dots, Smart Dots, Dot Boxing, or, simply, the Dot Game ) is a pencil and paper game for two players ( or sometimes, more than two ) first published in 1889 by Édouard Lucas.

Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, when servants and tradespeople would receive gifts from their superiors or employers.

Today, Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on 26 December, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending on national or regional laws.

In Canada, Boxing Day takes place on 26 December and is a federal public holiday.

In Ontario, Boxing Day is a statutory holiday where all full-time workers receive time off with pay.

Boxing Day is a secular holiday that is traditionally celebrated on 26 December, the day after Christmas Day, which is also St. Stephen's Day, a religious holiday.

However, when 26 December falls on a Sunday, Boxing Day in many places is moved to 27 December.

In the UK, where Boxing Day is a bank holiday, if Boxing Day falls on a Saturday, a substitute bank holiday is given on the following Monday, but if 26 December falls on a Sunday – which means that Christmas Day, another holiday, fell on a Saturday – then the Statutory Holiday for Christmas is moved to Monday 27 December and the Statutory Holiday for Boxing Day is moved to Tuesday 28 December.

However, Boxing Day is still celebrated the day following Christmas Day for many British people.

Lee was trained in the martial arts Choy Li Fut, Western Boxing, Épée fencing, Judo, Praying Mantis Kung-fu, Hsing-I, and Jujitsu.

Meir Shahar lists the martial arts T ' ai chi ch ' uan, Chang Family Boxing, Bāguàquán, Xíngyìquán and Bājíquán as originating from this region and this time period.

There is also Hapkido, a Korean martial art composed of throws, pressure points, and kicks, many taken from Chinese Chin Na, Shaolin ( or more generally, Chinese ) Eagle Claw kung fu, Japanese Judo, and Korean Taekwondo, as well as Kajukenbo, a martial art which draws from Kempo Karate, Judo, Kung Fu, Escrima, Boxing, Tang Soo Do, and Jujutsu.

He was first exposed to martial arts in 1867, when he began training in Monk Fist Boxing ( Luohan Quan ) under a master named Aragaki Tsuji Pechin Seisho, a fluent Chinese speaker and translator for the Ryukyu court.

Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines Western Boxing, Judo, Jujutsu, Kenpo Karate, Eskrima, Tang Soo Do, and Kung Fu.

There are several Chinese martial arts known as Snake Boxing or Fanged Snake Style () which imitate the movements of snakes.

Chinese martial artists also compete in non-Chinese or mixed combat sports, including Boxing, Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts.

Liuhebafachuan 六合八法拳 ; Pinyin: liùhébāfǎquán ) ( literally Six Harmonies Eight Methods Boxing ) is a form of internal Chinese martial arts.

This system was originated by Herb Lague who began his martial arts studies in 1950, studying Boxing, Judo, Savate, Aikido, Lama Pai, and Jujitsu.

Boxing, kickboxing, amateur wrestling, judo, mixed martial arts, Muay Thai and Swordsmanship are examples of combat sports.

Zui Quan ( Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 醉拳 ; pinyin: Zuì Quán ) is literally Drunken Fist, also known as Drunken Boxing or Drunkard's Boxing ) is a concept in traditional Chinese martial arts, as well as a classification of modern Wushu forms.

As a young boy he studied Southern Boxing ( 南拳 ) from his father Cheng Minchueng ( 鄭綿彰 ), which was a family style, learnt from his father Cheng Lin ( 鄭麟 ) who was a professional martial artist.

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Fei Hung uses his Zui Quan ( Drunken Boxing ) style of martial arts on him, but it proves to be ineffective.