Before revision: Westport, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 2002 Equipment 250px|Young boxer binding his hands in leather strips, amid palaestra equipment (tondo of a kylix, late 6th–early 5th century BC) The mythological boxer Pollux using a punching bag (upper right) on an Etruscan cista, 340–330 BC The style of protection utilized on the hands and knuckles could determine the style of fighting for the competitors.
After revision: Westport, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 2002 Equipment 250px|Young boxer binding his hands in leather strips, amid palaestra equipment (tondo of a kylix, late 6th–early 5th century BC) The mythological boxer Pollux using a punching bag on an Etruscan cista, 340–330 BC The style of protection utilized on the hands and knuckles could determine the style of fighting for the competitors.