Boxing has been called "the brave campaign." As early as in ancient Greek and Roman times, there are many vivid record of the boxing. A piece of Greece in 1500 BC, there are murals of boxing gloves to the scene.
In ancient times, when fighters in boxing, as can the use of throw, hit, kicked, kicking and other movements placed opponent until death, it is only a slave for the pleasure of killing the game. The rules of boxing as early as 1729 to 1750 Jack dominate the British boxing at the 1743 Dayton-wing developed.
拳击被称为“勇敢者的运动”。早在古希腊和罗马时代就有许多有关拳击的生动记载。一幅公元前１５００年的希腊壁画中就有戴手套进行拳击的场面。
在古代，战士拳击时，由于可以任意使用摔、打、踢、蹬等动作，直至将对手置于死地，所以它只是一种供奴隶主寻欢作乐的残杀游戏。最早的拳击规则是１７２９至１７５０年称霸英国拳坛的杰克·布荣顿于１７４３年制定的。