Ancient Greek boxing (Greek: πυγμαχία pygmachia, "fist fighting") dates back to at least the 8th century BC (Homer's Iliad), and was practiced in a variety...

combines elements that today are found mainly in the punches of boxing (pygmachia) and in the kicking of many martial arts (laktisma) with moves from the...

Greco-Roman wrestling, it is likely that tripping was allowed. Boxing (pygmachia) was first listed in 688 BC, the boys' event sixty years later. The laws...

considered fundamentally important to contemporary fitness regimens. Pygmachia (Ancient Greek boxing). Boxing exercises included hitting a punch bag...

Zeus’s funeral games, Ares mocks Heron and nearly beats him to death in pygmachia until Hera intervenes. The gods nearly come to blows over Hera’s right...

in Myanmar. In Ancient Greece boxing was a well developed sport called pygmachia, and enjoyed consistent popularity. In Olympic terms, it was first introduced...

was an athletic event that combined techniques of both boxing (pygmē/pygmachia – πυγμή/πυγμαχία) and wrestling (palē – πάλη), as well as additional elements...