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Topic: List of notable boxers


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 Station Information - Boxing
It is now used to describe a sport in which two contestants (boxers) wearing padded gloves face each other in a "ring" and fight an agreed number of "rounds" under recognized rules.
When two judges have one boxer winning the fight and the other one has it a tie, this is called a majority decision.
Puerto Rico has three boxers to be generally considered national heroes out of a cast of over 50 world champions from that country, these being Felix Trinidad, Wilfred Benitez and Wilfredo Gomez.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/boxing.html   (3479 words)

  
 Boxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When one judge gives his or her vote to one boxer, another one gives it to the other boxer, and the third judge calls it a tie, this is a draw.
In this situation, the boxer attempts to hold or "tie up" the opponent's hands so he is unable to throw hooks or uppercuts.
Boxers who use the swarmer style tend to have shorter careers than those who don't because the amount of punishment taken while trying to get past opponents guard is very high.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxing   (8460 words)

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