Essays on Boxing

Boxing is a sport popularly viewed as a display of brute strength. However the true essence of boxing is skill and not strength. One of the most controversial subjects in martial arts deals with importance of skill or strength in a fight. But boxing is...

History: The sport is invented by Christopher Monck the second Duke of Albemarle. He arranged a boxing match between his butcher and butler. Christopher was an English soldier, and a politician who sat in the House of Commons when he takes over the Dukedom and...

Boxing has an immense appeal in many cultures, and attracts enthusiastic fans and participants worldwide. It has been around for many years, and despite its popularity, many have grown to dislike it. Some believe that it’s simply barbaric, and it crosses the line which distinguishes...

Some may know him as the People’s Champion, others know him as the Greatest. Born as Cassius Marcellus Ray Jr., Muhammad Ali has been renown as the world’s greatest boxer. He is a prestiged member of both the black community and of the Islamic community....

One of the longest living sports in world history is starting to fade in the public eye because of low demand and little to none boxing gym. I understand that people are drawn away because lack of knowledge of where to practice or workout at,...

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took, and your name in the undertaker book. says Joe Frazier, an American professional boxer. This quote shows how extreme some sports can be to the extent where people risk their lives...

All sports contain the potential to transcend simply being about athletics to becoming a figure of the conflicts, mood and culture of a country it takes place in. One such sport is the sport of boxing, especially during the mid-nineteenth century; the sport contains no...

In history very few have the right to not only say they were the best but also prove that they were best. This was the case with world famous boxer Muhammad Ali who would constantly say, “I am the greatest” and had proved it time...

After almost an entire century, when Muhannad Ali changed his name from Cassius Clay to the later, he was not cheered after for his braveness or love for his country at the time. He openly protested the draft into the Vietnam war and felt that...

Muhammad Ali is known as one of the most influential figures in and out of the boxing ring. Also known as one of the greatest boxers and sporting figures of all time, Ali was also a part of the civil rights movement. Along with fellow...

In this essay I want to present a man whose life is full of struggle and hardships and how he overcame these hardships and became a successful person. The person who I’m talking about is none other than the greatest boxer, a fighter and a...

The 1960’s were a transformational period that helped influence the society of today. In the 1960’s Politics were highly frowned upon in sports, as of the twenty-tens, this opinion continues to be the same. Whether you ask a professional athlete or an avid sports watcher...

Rocky is a 1976 American sports action movie which was nominated for Oscar awards in 9 categories and bagged 3 of the Oscars including the awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Editing at the 49th Academy awards. In 2006 it was inducted into...

George Bellows’ piece titled Dempsey and Firpo represents the fight on the century in the nineteenth hundred between an American heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and his Argentine rival Luis Angel Firpo. This piece was made in 1924 as Bellows sat ringside sketching, and later deciding...

Through the bias of placement one can assume this story is pretty important, the New York Times gave it a front-page portion. The headline is very straightforward but does give off a hint of bias on deeper examination, Despite Concussions, Boxing Is Still Required for...