professional boxing
Compensated ring combat
Professional boxing is the sport of fighting with fists for prize money, as distinct from amateur boxing.
Fighters compete in weight classes, with bouts lasting up to twelve three-minute rounds.
A match ends by knockout, technical knockout, or judges' decision.
The sport is governed by sanctioning bodies that award championship titles: He retired as the undisputed professional boxing heavyweight champion.
- Queensberry rulesFormal boxing regulations
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- jabQuick, straight blow
- heavyweightHighest combat weight class
- pugilismArt of fighting with fists
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Noncommercial competitive fighting
Olympic boxing · Golden Gloves · boxercise · shadow boxing · sparring
professional boxingprofessional wrestling
Scripted athletic performance art
judo · Brazilian jiu-jitsu · kickboxing · sumo wrestling · Muay Thai
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