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) 400px|Left arm from a statue of a young boxer , late 2nd BC (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) 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 (far 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.