Boxing historians such as Andrew Gallimore have cast doubt on this being a professional contest and instead a display fight at a fairground.

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.

The Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race ( sometimes referred to as the Bluewater Classic in the Australian media ) is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart, Tasmania.

Mizong is also known as Mízōngquán ( or sometimes " Labyrinthine Boxing " stressing the deceptive nature of the art ) and Yanqingquan and there are many sub-branches of this style.

In the United Kingdom, if Christmas Day falls on a Saturday, 26 December is sometimes referred to as " Christmas Sunday ", and Boxing Day moves to 27 December, although this practice has now fallen out of common usage and 26 December is usually referred to as Boxing Day even when it falls on a Sunday.

Despite fox hunting being banned by the Hunting Act in 2004, Boxing Day remains the biggest hunt of the year for most hunts in the UK by use of scent drag trails instead of live quarry.

** Sanda ( Sanshou ) ( Chinese Boxing ) – The applicable component of wushu / kung fu of which takedowns and throws are legal in competition as well as all other sorts of striking ( use of arms and legs ).

Boxing training is the training method that boxers use in order to get more fit for their sport.

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.

* The Automated Boxing Scoring System: The first use of technology in boxing for training purposes.

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 ).

The groups that historically had recognized several boxers as champions included the New York State Athletic Commission, the National Boxing Association, the European Boxing Union and the British Boxing Board of Control, but these groups lacked, for the most part, the all-encompassing " international " status they boasted of.

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 ).

Prior to recent renovations, the attendant-operated lift service was only open from 7am to 7pm on weekdays and Saturdays, 10am-5. 30pm on Sundays, with no service on Christmas Day or Boxing Day ; staff shortages and other problems meant that even during these times the lifts were often unavailable.

Some of these include Bagua, Drunken Boxing, Eagle Claw, Five Animals, Hsing I, Hung Gar, Monkey, Bak Mei Pai, Praying Mantis, Fujian White Crane, Jow Ga, Wing Chun and T ' ai chi ch ' uan.

Sixteen Peruvian sporting federations are headquartered at the national stadium ; these include the Boxing, Karate, Bodybuilding, Kung Fu, Taekwondo and Volleyball federations.

Faced with world champion Christy Martin at the Félix Trinidad-David Reid Pay Per View undercard, Laracuente lost a decision in eight rounds, in a bout that HBO Boxing commentator Jim Lampley said that he personally thought Laracuente should have won it by 78 to 74 on his unofficial score.

Panamanian newspaper El Panama America declared recently on one of their editorials that Zapata, according to their opinion, should be inducted to the International Boxing Hall Of Fame soon.

Boxing Monthly named it one of the ten most controversial decisions of all time.

** Boxing: Muhammad Ali loses to Trevor Berbick ; this proved to be Ali's last-ever fight.

During his career he fought Oscar De La Hoya winning the Lineal and World Boxing Council welterweight champion, Fernando Vargas in a unification fight where with sensei Fabio Martella he won the International Boxing Federation's light middleweight title, and William Joppy for the World Boxing Association's middleweight championship.

On December 2, 2000, he was scheduled to fight in a unification card against Fernando Vargas, the International Boxing Federation's junior middleweight champion.

On May 14, 2005, Trinidad competed against Winky Wright, in a fight where the winner would become the World Boxing Council's number one challenger in the Middleweight division.

The fight was so close that WBC president José Sulaimán decided to give Laporte a rematch vs Sanchez for the World Boxing Council's world title.

Rosario injured his hand during the fight and needed surgery, for which the World Boxing Council gave him a dispensation.

Boxing fans were first introduced to their sport on pay-per-view with the Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier fight " Thrilla In Manila ", there was also another in 1980, when Roberto Duran defeated Sugar Ray Leonard.

Every time we try to make an HBO World Championship Boxing fight, we're up against mythical pay-per-view numbers.

If Floyd Mayweather beats Oscar, he might never fight on HBO World Championship Boxing again.

Escobar's manager, Lou Brix and his trainer recognized that Escobar could be close to a championship fight once the incumbent, Panamian Alfonso Teófilo Brown, refused to defend the championship against the first contender, which led to it being stripped by the National Boxing Association ( NBA ).

However, the New York State Athletic Commission ( NYSAC ) and International Boxing Union ( IBU ) of France didn't recognize the outcome of this fight, conserving Tony Marino and Brown as their recognized champions.

Gogarty then participated in the fight many credit as putting Female Boxing on the sports ' fan page: she and Christy Martin faced each other in a six round match that was televised by Showtime.

On June 11, 2005, on the undercard to the Tyson-Kevin McBride fight, Ali pounded Erin Toughill into submission in round three to remain undefeated, and won the World Boxing Council title in addition to defending her WIBA crown.

The fight was for Margarito's WBA title and the vacant Lineal Welterweight Championships of Lineal Champs and Cyber Boxing Zone ( CBZ ).

On May 1, 2010, Mosley fought undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr .. Boxing purists had called for the fight for over ten years.

However, Norton lost it in his first defense on a split-decision by 1 point to Larry Holmes in a great contest ( Holmes-Norton is ranked as the 10th greatest heavyweight fight of all time by Monte D. Cox, a member of the International Boxing Research Organization ).

Upon reading it he went on a fourteen fight winning streak, including a shocking victory over Muhammad Ali in 1973 to win the North American Boxing Federation Heavyweight Champion title.

The January 1998 issue of Boxing Monthly listed Ali-Norton as the fifth most disputed title fight decision in boxing history.

As noted above, Holmes-Norton is ranked as the 10th greatest heavyweight fight of all time by Monte D. Cox, a member of the International Boxing Research Organization ( IBRO ).

Many of the fans present and the authors of The Rings Boxing in The 20th Century, have agreed that the fight should have been stopped during round ten.

( v ) For a piece on Pintor's return fight with Albert Davila, go to Boxing Insider.

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.