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Muhammad Ali: One of the greatest boxers of all time
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Muhammad Ali: One of the greatest boxers of all time
Overview of Muhammad Ali's life and career.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Hear about the first Olympic gold medal winner in women's boxing, Nicola Adams
Learn about Nicola Adams of Great Britain, who won the first Olympic gold medal in...
Video: © Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Weight divisions in boxing explained
Learn more about the different weight divisions in the sport of boxing.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
View a “white-collar boxing” match, London, form of amateur boxing featuring men and women fighters from white-collar professions
A “white-collar boxing” match, London. White-collar boxing is a form of amateur boxing...
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Observe how a hook punch's force is generated mostly from the hips while the elbow remains bent
HookThe hook is delivered with a...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch how a boxer delivers an explosive jab punch from a distance with the arm above the lead foot
JabThe jab is a straight blow delivered...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Study how a boxer delivers an uppercut with a twist of the hips and lead foot in the direction of the blow
UppercutThe uppercut is delivered...
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Images

Pacquiao v. Mayweather
Manny Pacquiao (right) and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., in their 2015 welterweight bout;...
John Locher/AP Images
Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
Sonny Liston on the canvas while Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) raises his arms...
AP/Shutterstock.com
Boxer at Rest
Boxer at Rest, bronze Hellenistic sculpture with copper inlays, 4th–2nd...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
bare-knuckle championship fight
Photo from the last bare-knuckle championship fight, on July 8, 1889, in which John...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-USZ62-78647)
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson.
UPI/Bettmann Archive
Joe Louis and Max Schmeling
Joe Louis and Max Schmeling at a photo session prior to their heavyweight world championship...
AP Images
Sugar Ray Robinson and Randy Turpin
Sugar Ray Robinson (right) fighting Randy Turpin, 1951.
AP
Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson
American boxer Evander Holyfield (right) grimacing with pain after being bitten on...
Jeff Haynes—AFP/Getty Images
Wijan Ponlid
Thailand's Wijan Ponlid holds a portrait of the king of Thailand after winning the...
© Al Bello/Getty Images
George Bellows: Stag at Sharkey's
Stag at Sharkey's, oil on canvas by George Bellows, 1909; in the Cleveland...
Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1922.1133; www.clevelandart.org
Jim Corbett (left) sparring with Jim Jeffries
Jim Corbett (left) sparring with Jim Jeffries.
UPI/Bettmann Archive
boxing: Jeffries, Jim; Sharkey, Tom
Jim Jeffries and Tom Sharkey fighting for the heavyweight championship in 1899.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Sullivan, John L.
John L. Sullivan fighting Jake Kilrain, 1889. Sullivan won the 75-round fight, which...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Leon Spinks
Leon Spinks (right) fighting at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, where he won the light...
UPI/Corbis-Bettmann
Ancient Olympic Games
Infographic showing events in which athletes competed at the ancient Olympic Games,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Patrick O'Neill Riley
Dimensions of a boxing ring and boxing gloves.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Learn about the different weight divisions in men's and women's boxing
The weight divisions in men's and women's boxing, including the Olympics.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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