How did the sport of Boxing get it's name?
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Boxing is a military strategy to defeat an opponent; which is often used in boxing. Boxing also used to be called fisticuffs.
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The word box has been used since the 1400s and 1500s to mean a slap or stroke with the fist. There are analogous words in middle German and middle Dutch.
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Boxing got its name from the latin word for fighting... boxeo.
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