Boxing , also sometimes called English boxing or Irish boxing, and colloquially as boxing, is a contact sport in which two opponents fight using only gloved fists, hitting the opponent from the waist up, inside a ring specially designed for this purpose, in brief fighting sequences called assaults or rounds and according to a precise regulation.

Boxing has been practiced since ancient times on all continents except America. Fighting with fists as a competition and show is one of the oldest sports activities in the world.