Boxing

Boxing was an Earth sport where a pair of competitors attempt to incapacitate the other. The Doctor stated he learned from John L. Sullivan himself. The Doctor and John Andrews had a boxing match with the Doctor the resulting victor. (DW: Carnival of Monsters) Jack Dempsey taught the Doctor fighting stances, which he later used in Kish. (NA: Timewyrm: Genesys)

The makers of EarthWorld believed that Winston Churchill had famous seaside boxing matches. This was result of his speech "We will fight them on the beaches" and its distortion over time. (EDA: EarthWorld)