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Boxing
A Brief History:
Boxing is one of the
oldest sports going back to ancient Egypt before the pyramids, and thousand
years of being one of the main events of the original Olympic Games.
Today, when professional
boxing is predominantly in the United States, amateur boxing is practiced
as an organized sport in 189 countries, and part of the modern Olympic
Games, Pam Am Games, Commonwealth Games, and many major international
sports events.
In Canada Olympic-style
boxing is a success story, for the past decades consistantly winning medals
in Olympic and other major events.
In recent years, the
significantly through the inclusion of females in the sport and the popularity
of many boxing clubs for recreational and fitness (boxercise programs.
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