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Mark Edwards (boxer)
Mark Edwards (born 15 September 1963) is a retired British boxer. Boxing career He competed in the men's middleweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the -75 kg middleweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... Boxing for the Royal Navy, he was twice winner of the prestigious ABA middleweight championship (1988 and 1991). References External links * 1963 births Living people British male boxers Olympic boxers for Great Britain Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxers from Greater London Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Middleweight box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
