Boxing

Boxing was an Earth sport in which a pair of competitors attempted to incapacitate each other using their fists. One form of boxing was known as bare-knuckle boxing. Boxing took place professionally, (PROSE: Silhouette) unofficially amongst friends, (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger) or in organised sports venues known as boxing clubs. (PROSE: The Showstoppers)

he Third Doctor stated he learned boxing from John L. Sullivan. The Doctor and John Andrews had a boxing match. The Doctor won. (TV: Carnival of Monsters) Jack Dempsey taught the Doctor fighting stances which he later used in Kish. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)

During the 1950s, Ian Chesterton carried out his national service in Wales, during which time he boxed. (PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger)

In his youth, Samson Ware spent time with his father at boxing clubs in Brixton. (PROSE: The Showstoppers)

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. (PROSE: EarthWorld)

Richard Francis Burton claimed that the "killjoy Douglas" turned the noble and manly sport into a game for ponces with his effete rules. (PROSE: Head of State)