Boxing-Timeline
Boxing originated in ancient Greece as an outlet for ‘combat readiness'. Over the years to follow boxing has transformed from a method of training and military preparation to a spectacle viewed by millions on television cheering for blood and knockouts. The time line of boxing choreographs the change from combat preparation to unorganized bare knuckle fighting to the organized spectacle that boxing has become today with winning purses in the millions. Boxers have become rich, powerful, and famous all through fighting. One can attribute the sport of boxing's everlasting popularity to societies constant struggle between man vs. man with the constant desire to lash out or seek victory and societies addiction to violence and spectacle. Boxing had originated long before the birth of Christ. Falling all the way back to 4000 BC boxing has sculpted some kind of record into the history books. It is around this time that the Egyptian hieroglyphics suggest that combat was being practiced between soldiers("Boxing Through the Ages", 2001). As time evolved so did the sport of fighting and the records that recorded it. Ancient Greece included a form of boxing in the first Olympian Games. It was a popular amateur competitive sport
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