🥊Boxe

English boxing (the sport simply called boxing) pits two opponents of the same weight category against each other using only gloved fists, inside a square roped ring. Punches are allowed only with the front of the glove and above the belt. The bout is fought in rounds separated by one-minute breaks. The goal is to score more points than the opponent through clean, accurate punching, or to win before the limit by stopping the opponent. Two main families exist: amateur (Olympic) boxing and professional boxing, which differ in duration, equipment and some rules.

Land clean, legal punches on the opponent's allowed target areas (front and sides of the head, front of the torso above the belt) while avoiding being hit, in order to win on points by the end of the bout or to win early by knockout, referee stoppage or retirement.

• •You may strike only with the front of the closed glove, never with the inside of the hand, the edge, the head, the elbow or the shoulder.
• •Punches must stay above the belt; hitting below the belt, on the back (rabbit punch) or on the back of the neck is forbidden.
• •You never hit an opponent who is down, nor during the referee's count.
• •On the command "Break", both boxers step back before resuming the exchange.
• •No holding, pushing or wrestling: this is boxing, not grappling.
• •A round ends at the bell; a punch landed after the bell does not count and may be penalised.