Boxing

Boxing, or pugilism, was a recreational Earth sport. One who participated in this sport was called a boxer. ()
Boxing consisted of two people in a square ring surrounded by ropes. The object was to defeat the opponent on points or by knock-out. In general, the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were followed. ()
Boxing was taught at Starfleet Academy. Chakotay learned to box as a cadet and was instructed by Boothby. () After being injured by a plasma discharge while piloting the in a graviton ellipse, Chakotay woke up claiming, "It feels like I went ten rounds with an Andorian." Tom Paris corrected him, stating that it was "more like twenty." ()
In 2369, Q challenged Benjamin Sisko, commander of Deep Space 9, to a boxing contest and lost. Q created a boxing ring in Quark's and referred to fisticuffs and pugilism before he lost this fight. ()
A 2399 holo-advertisement for the Freecloud Institute of Entertainment Robotics featured a boxing robot. ()
== Known boxers ==
*Boothby
*Buddy Sencio
*Charley Mulaney
*Chakotay ("The Maquis Mauler")
*DeWaay
*Dunner
*Fresno
*Gentleman Jim
*Gus Barnes
*Gus Lloyd
*Gul Tulet
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*Kid Chaos
*Kid McCook
*Killer Kidd
*Manuel Prado
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*Mike Mason
*Mulaney
*Price Jones
*Ricky Mason
*Sven "Buttercup" Hansen
*Q
*Will Bailey
== Boxing posters ==
File:Boxing Poster, New York, 1930.jpg|New York City, 1930()
File:Boxing Poster, San Francisco, 2024.jpg|San Francisco, 1930 ()
File:Boxing poster 1, 1941.jpg|San Francisco, 1941()
File:Boxing poster 2, 1941.jpg|San Francisco, 1941()
File:Boxing poster 3, 1941.jpg|San Francisco, 1941()
File:Boxing Poster, New York, 1953.jpg|New York City, 1953()
File:Boxing Poster, New York, 1953-2.jpg|New York City, 1953()
File:Boxing poster, 2340s.jpg|San Francisco, 2340s()
File:Boxing poster dispaced.jpg|New York, 1944()
== See also ==
* Prizefighter
* Punching bag
* Tsunkatse
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