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  2. Ancient Greek boxing - Wikipedia

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    Minoan youths boxing ca. 1500 BC, the earliest evidence for the use of gloves (Akrotiri fresco) There is archeological and artistic evidence of ancient Greek boxing (πύξ - pyx [1] or πυγμή - pygme [2] in Αncient Greek) as early as the Minoan and Mycenaean periods. There are numerous legends about the origins of boxing in Greece.

  3. Boxing glove - Wikipedia

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    A pair of velcro sparring gloves. Boxing gloves are cushioned gloves that fighters wear on their hands during boxing matches and practices. Unlike "fist-load weapons" (such as the ancient cestus) which were designed as a lethal weapon, modern boxing gloves are non-lethal, designed to protect both the opponent's head and the fighter's hand during a bout.

  4. Cestus (boxing) - Wikipedia

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    A cestus or caestus (Classical Latin: [ˈkae̯stʊs], Ancient Greek: Kεστός) is a battle glove that was sometimes used in Roman gladiatorial events. It was based on a Greek original, which employed straps called himantes and sphirae, hard leather strips that enclosed and protected the fist and lower arm. Some cesti were fitted with studs ...

  5. Cestus - Wikipedia

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    Cestus (Ancient Greek: Κεστός, romanized: Kestos), plural: cesti, in a general sense meant, for ancient Greeks and Romans, any band or tie. [1] However, it was more frequently used to refer to: The Girdle of Aphrodite [1] Boxing gloves used by ancient Greeks and Romans, also written Caestus [1] A girdle or belt worn by women in ancient Greece

  6. Boxing - Wikipedia

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    The earliest evidence of use of gloves can be found in Minoan Crete (c. 1500 –1400 BC). [7] Various types of boxing existed in ancient India. The earliest references to musti-yuddha come from classical Vedic epics such as the Rig Veda (c. 1500–1000 BCE) and Ramayana (c. 700–400 BCE). [12]

  7. Vindolanda - Wikipedia

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    Nearly 2000-year-old Roman boxing gloves were uncovered at Vindolanda in 2017 by the Vindolanda Trust experts led by Dr Andrew Birley. According to The Guardian , being similar in style and function to the full-hand modern boxing gloves, these two gloves found at Vindolanda look like leather bands and date back to 120 AD.

  8. Akrotiri Boxer Fresco - Wikipedia

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    It is a fresco depicting two young boys wearing boxing gloves and belts and dates back to the Bronze Age, 1700 BC. Around 1600 BC, a disastrous earthquake, followed by a volcanic eruption, covered Akrotiri , Greece in a thick layer of pumice and ash, which resulted in the remarkable conservation of frescoes, including the Akrotiri Boxer Fresco ...

  9. Sports before 1001 - Wikipedia

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    ~675 BCE — Homer's Iliad (Book XXIII) contains the first detailed account of a boxing contest. [3] ~400 BCE — in ancient Greece, a form of cestae called meilichae (μειλίχαι) were in use; they were gloves consisting of strips of raw hide tied under the palm, leaving the fingers bare. [4]

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