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Nowadays, boxing is as modern as any other sport. Matches are often televised and, of course, blogged about online. However, boxing has an extremely early heritage and ancient origins.

Depictions of fist fighting with a group of spectators can be seen to date back as early as the ancient Egyptians. Meanwhile, the earliest evidence for fist fighting by contestants wear gloves appears to be in Minoan Crete, in images dated around 1500–900 BC. However, it was the ancient Greeks who first included boxing as an Olympic sport, with historical records of professional tournaments dating back as far as 688 BC.

In later years, official rules are regulations were put into place. Although interest in this sport died down after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it eventually began to return, as the popularity of sword fighting died down. Bare-knuckle boxing gained prominence in England during the early 16th century, although contests during this period also frequently contained fencing and cudgeling.

However, at this time, there were no official written rules, weight divisions or even a referee. As you can imagine, this often meant that matches were far from fair. In the same way that a new player on a site such as Partypoker.com would have little chances against a professional poker player, these matches were extremely unequal. However, unlike playing in an online card game, there was a much higher chance of the less experienced contestant becoming seriously injured. In order to ensure a certain degree of protection, a number of rules were introduced by the bare-knuckle fighter, Jack Broughton in 1743.

Broughton’s rules stated that if a man was down, and could not continue fighting for a total of 30 seconds, then the fight would end. He also encouraged the use of padded gloved, which were then known as ‘mufflers’.

These rules were somewhat revised in 1838, and what was known as the London Prize Ring rules were developed. However, later in the century, boxing was actually made illegal in England, and much of the United States. Once these competitions were no longer outlawed, further rules for the sport were published, known as the Marquess of Queensberry rules. Again, these rules worked towards promoting the safety of boxers. Since then, the sport has gone on to achieve a greater legitimacy, with established organisations presiding over matches, and a number of high profile competitors gaining worldwide recognition