Draft:Outline of boxing

Boxing can be described as all of the following:

• Sport – form of competitive physical activity that aims to improve fitness and entertain participants or spectators.
  • Contact sport – involve physical contact between players.
    • Combat sport – competitive contact sport with rules simulating hand-to-hand combat.
    • Collision sport – in which athletes purposely collide with each other or objects.
  • Competitive sport – athletes or teams compete to determine a winner.
    • Individual sport – sports where participants compete as individuals.
  • Recreational sport – sport engaged in for leisure or recreation.
  • Spectator sport – played primarily for the entertainment of spectators.
  • Professional sport – where athletes receive payment for participation.

• Professional boxing – also known as prizefighting.
• Amateur boxing
• Bare-knuckle boxing
• Chess boxing
• Women's boxing

• History of boxing
• Ancient Greek boxing
• Marquess of Queensberry Rules

• Boxing weight classes
• Knockout
• Technical knockout

• Boxing glove
• Hand wrap
• Boxing ring
• Mouthguard

• Boxing styles and technique
• Clinch fighting
• Feint
• Punch (combat)
  • Rabbit punch
  • Counterpunch
• Stances
  • Orthodox stance
  • Southpaw stance

Boxing training

• Sparring
• Shadowboxing
• Strength training

• Concussion

• Cutman
• Cornerman
• Referee
• Ring announcer

• List of boxing champions
• List of current world boxing champions
• World heavyweight boxing championship
• Lineal championship
• World championship
• Golden Gloves
• Boxing at the Summer Olympics
• IBA Men's World Boxing Championships
• IBA Women's World Boxing Championships

• International Boxing Association (AIBA)
• World Boxing Association
• World Boxing Council
• International Boxing Federation
• World Boxing Organization
• Commonwealth Boxing Council
• European Boxing Union
• British Boxing Board of Control
• Nevada State Athletic Commission
• USA Boxing
• Amateur Boxing Association of England
• Australian National Boxing Federation

• Muhammad Ali – three-time world heavyweight champion, cultural icon.
• Mike Tyson – youngest heavyweight champion in history.
• Sugar Ray Robinson – considered one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters.
• Joe Louis – reigned as heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949.
• Rocky Marciano – only undefeated heavyweight champion.
• Jack Johnson – first African American world heavyweight champion.
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. – undefeated five-division world champion.
• Manny Pacquiao – eight-division world champion.
• George Foreman – two-time heavyweight world champion.
• Evander Holyfield – undisputed champion at cruiserweight and heavyweight.

• Outline of sports