Boxing

Boxing

Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez versus Rafael Ortiz
Boxing is considered to be the world's oldest combat sport. It is usually held in a ring and two boxers (people who participate in the sport) wear special gloves and try to hit one another. There are few different outcomes to win in boxing. One is by a way of a knock out. Another way is by technical knockout, which is when the fighter can not continue fighting or the referee stops the fight. Another possibility is winning on points, which a boxer gets by outboxing his or her opponent by hitting the opponent more often, harder, and with better precision. There are also draws in boxing. A referee can announce a technical draw due to an accidental cut or an accidental wound like a headbutt. Generally, it is considered a "no contest" (NC). However, from the second round, or four in some places, if the score cards for both fighters are equal, the fight could be called a draw. Boxing is popular worldwide.

[change] Famous boxers
Muhammad Ali
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Oscar de la Hoya
Jack Dempsey
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Evander Holyfield
Lennox Lewis
Joe Louis
Rocky Marciano
Sugar Ray Robinson
Max Schmeling
Mike Tyson

sumo

Sumo

Sumo is a competitive contact sport where two wrestlers (rikishi) attempt to force one another out of a circular ring (dohyo) or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally. The Japanese consider sumo a gendai budō (a modern Japanese martial art), though the sport has a history spanning many centuries.
The sumo tradition is very ancient, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt for purification, from the days sumo was used in the Shinto religion. Life as a rikishi is highly regimented, with rules laid down by the Sumo Association. Professional sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal "sumo training stables" known in Japanese as heya where all aspects of their daily lives - from meals to their manner of dress - are dictated by strict tradition.
Sumo (相撲, sumō?) is a competitive contact sport where two wrestlers (rikishi) attempt to force one another out of a circular ring (dohyo) or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally. The Japanese consider sumo a gendai budō (a modern Japanese martial art), though the sport has a history spanning many centuries.

The sumo tradition is very ancient, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt for purification, from the days sumo was used in the Shinto religion. Life as a rikishi is highly regimented, with rules laid down by the Sumo Association. Professional sumo wrestlers are required to live in communal "sumo training stables" known in Japanese as heya where all aspects of their daily lives - from meals to their manner of dress - are dictated by strict tradition.

Winning a sumo bout
The wrestling ring (dohyō)

Professional sumo
Sumo divisions
Foreign participation
Professional sumo tournaments
Bout preparation
A professional sumo bout

Life as a professional sumo wrestler
Salary and payment