Bought alfa shoes "for English Boxing"??

[spacetime]

Fuck does that mean, English Boxing? Did I purchase shoes for outdoor bare-knuckle fighting?

I assume they mean Western Boxing?

Do you say you do English Boxing??

 

[AndyMaBobs]

The sport of boxing as we know it today is an English sport - I could see a chinese bootlegger calling it that

 

[spacetime]

The sport of boxing as we know it today is an English sport - I could see a chinese bootlegger calling it that

English boxing was bareknuckle

 

[ironkhan57]

English boxing was bareknuckle

I'm pretty sure the incorporated gloves on English boxing in the 20's or 30's if I'm not mistaken?

 

[spacetime]

I'm pretty sure the incorporated gloves on English boxing in the 20's or 30's if I'm not mistaken?

Original boxing didn't, which supposedlu was English

 

[Monte Moku]

Original boxing didn't, which supposedlu was English

It's not that "original Boxing" was English, pugilism has existed all over the world in different parts of history. It's just that the modern sport's lineage lies in England, hence the term "English Boxing"

 

[ARIZE]

English boxing is "regular" boxing, as opposed to french boxing (savate) where you kick, obviously with specific type of shoes.

 

[spacetime]

It's not that "original Boxing" was English, pugilism has existed all over the world in different parts of history. It's just that the modern sport's lineage lies in England, hence the term "English Boxing"

So gloved boxing had a foothold in England as well? It wasn't ubiquitous enough at that point to be origins free?

 

[AndyMaBobs]

I'm pretty sure the incorporated gloves on English boxing in the 20's or 30's if I'm not mistaken?

correct.

 

[AndyMaBobs]

English boxing was bareknuckle

And we gave it gloves.

 

[spacetime]

And we gave it gloves.

And changed the techniques.

 

[AndyMaBobs]

And changed the techniques.

Point being?

 

[spacetime]

Point being?

I am talking glove era of boxing. Did it really belong to England as well?

 

[Dexter]

Don’t they teach boxing history in western gyms anymore?
http://bbbofc.com/content/history-boxing

 

[spacetime]

Don’t they teach boxing history in western gyms anymore?
http://bbbofc.com/content/history-boxing

Isn't English boxing an outdated term, though?

 

[spacetime]

My Everlast glove package reads "Boxing"

 

[Dexter]

I think not. We have French boxing aka savate, Thai boxing aka Muay Thai, Birman boxing aka lethwei. The roots of classic boxing are in GB (if we chose to forget about Ancient Greece and Roman Empire ). So, why can’t we call it “English boxing”?

 

[sweetviolenturg]

LOL. To further confuse matters for some in England, boxing shoes are actually called "boots".

 

[spacetime]

I think not. We have French boxing aka savate, Thai boxing aka Muay Thai, Birman boxing aka lethwei. The roots of classic boxing are in GB (if we chose to forget about Ancient Greece and Roman Empire ). So, why can’t we call it “English boxing”?

Isn't it confusing given that bareknuckle boxing is back on the rise? And bareknuckle boxing historically was outdoors

 

[spacetime]

LOL. To further confuse matters for some in England, boxing shoes are actually called "boots".

Are they legit? I think they look fantastic