Boxing

Boxing is a martial art and combat sport in which two people throw punches at each other, usually with gloved hands. Historically, the goals have been to weaken and knock down the opponent.

Amateur boxing is both an Olympic and Commonwealth sport and is a common fixture in most international games—it also has its own World Championships. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds. The result is decided when an opponent is deemed incapable to continue by a referee, is disqualified for breaking a rule, resigns by throwing in a towel, or is pronounced the winner or loser based on the judges' scorecards at the end of the contest. In the event that both fighters gain equal scores from the judges, the fight is considered a draw (professional boxing). In Olympic boxing, due to the fact that a winner must be declared, in the case of a draw - the judges use technical criteria to chose the most deserving winner of the bout.

While people have fought in hand-to-hand combat since before the dawn of history, the origin of boxing as an organized sport may be its acceptance by the ancient Greeks as an Olympic game in BC 688. Boxing evolved from 16th- and 18th-century prizefights, largely in Great Britain, to the forerunner of modern boxing in the mid-19th century, again initially in Great Britain and later in the United States.

Prizefighter (disambiguation)

A prizefighter is a boxer.

Prizefighter may also refer to:

Video games and boxing

Music

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PrizeFighter (song)

"PrizeFighter" is a song by American country music recording artist Trisha Yearwood and the titular song from her compilation album, PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit (2014). Written by Jessi Alexander, Sarah Buxton, and Ross Copperman, it features guest vocals from American recording artist Kelly Clarkson. An uplifting country ballad, "PrizeFighter" was released on September 15, 2014, by RCA Records Nashville and Gwendolyn Records as the lead single from the album.

Background

After releasing Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love, Yearwood parted ways with Big Machine Records and ventured into other projects, such as starring in her own television program Trisha's Southern Kitchen on the Food Network. From 2008 to 2013, she only appeared as a guest vocalist on the albums of other recording artists — such as Everything Is Fine by Josh Turner, Mr. Lucky by Chris Isaak, Blame It All on My Roots by Garth Brooks, and Wrapped in Red by Clarkson. In 2014, she launched her own record label, Gwendolyn Records. And together with Brooks, her husband, she entered on a joint venture deal with RCA Nashville. She remarked, "We wanted to be on the same label because we thought it would be easier and more fun because we want to do duet records, We wanted to be able to do whatever we wanted and we've never been on the same record label, so it was kind of born out of looking to find a home that wanted to work with both of us."