Boxing in ancient Greece originated as a very tough sport, much harder than professional boxing as we know it today.

“I am very confident that the session will approve it so that all the boxers of the world then have certainty that they can participate in the Olympic Games L.A. 2028 if their national federation is ...

World Boxing includes China and five more federations to its membership list in bid to keep boxing at the Olympics. The organization is attempting to establish itself as the major international ...

It was a highlight of the ancient Olympic Games. The audiences were captivated with its blend of boxing, known in Greek as “pygmachia” and wrestling, which was known as “pále.” Its introduction to the ...

reaching another major goal in its quest to keep boxing in the Olympics. The still-new governing body also announced the additions of the national federations of Turkey, Sudan, Greece, Slovakia ...

Don’t hear that one too much. Not many humans walking around in the Jurassic period. Besides, ancient earth was likely a hostile place due to a number of factors – the extreme weather ...

McTaggart was the first Briton to box in three Olympic Games, and is widely regarded as the best amateur boxer Britain has produced. The Dundonian was voted into the International Boxing Hall of ...

"Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time." "Scotland might not see an Olympic boxer for years." Boxing commentator Andy Clarke said of McTaggart at the BBBOC Awards in London ...

Dick McTaggart, the Olympic boxing champion who has died aged 89, was the first British fighter to compete at three successive Games; the tall Dundee southpaw, with his trademark crew cut and ...

Tributes have been paid to former Olympic boxing champion Dick McTaggart following the Scot’s death at the age of 89. Mr McTaggart is widely regarded as the best amateur boxer in British history ...

Corporal Dick McTaggart was working as a cook in the RAF when his talent for boxing led to the Melbourne Olympic Games of 1956. McTaggart, pictured here in 2016, became a boxing coach following ...

Scotland’s only Olympic champion boxer Dick McTaggart has ... also lifted the Val Barker Trophy during the Games for the best boxing style. McTaggart was amongst the medals just four years ...