SPORTS ANNOUNCER

Sports Announcer

Sports Announcer

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Greeks and Romans are face to face with each other. My support goes to the Greek boxer because they are the one who originated this wonderful and spirited game. They fight bare handed and are full of zeal and sportsman spirit. The game usually lasts countless hours and sometimes no one comes out victorious. In summers, the game is scheduled during the morning or in the cool of the evening (Gorn, 2006).

In keeping with the sporting spirit, this essay provides a brief overview of boxing in the ancient world, which includes both the Ancient Greek Olympic and Roman Games. The focus is not on athletes or coaches but rather on the way they fought and boxing as a national sport. Thus, the support will be for the Greek boxer because of his talent and power.

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According to ancient Greeks, boxing is like a character, an immortal knight guilty of shameful sin that God knows alone which moves with the times, conditions, and unpredictable situations. This sport was adopted by Greeks from pre-Hellenic peoples such as the Minoan and Mycenaean (Crete, 2000 BC - 1050 BC).

There are three distinctive features of Greek boxing: the total nudity of the boxer, oil all over the body and accompaniment for the exercise kits. So in principle, women could not attend the matches because of the naked bodies of the athletes. If any women ever tried to watch a boxing game, she was prosecuted (Gardiner, 2009).

This game in ancient Greeks was the merger of the two forms of combat, boxing and wrestling. It had mixed rules and regulation, although most of them have not reached us. Putting fingers in the eyes, nose or mouth, to scratch or bite the opponent were all prohibited in the ancient Greek boxing. The fight would end by abandonment or loss of consciousness of any one of the athletes. The floor of the boxing ring used to be very hard and painful. The athletes used to punch each other only with the fists as gloves were not allowed.

There used to be different prizes for the athletes. But, the ancient Greeks were very touchy about victory and they preferred death over losing. The victor used to get a crown made out of olives and leaves. There were no direct, material gains and prizes, athletes used to fight just to be a winner. They would beat the opponent which would bring glory and prosperity to their people and the fate of their own.

However, boxers in prehistoric times were not part of the mainstream sporting culture as athletes, coaches, or sport managers. Those roles were only for men. It would take many, many years before any outsider attained leadership positions in the Olympic Movement.

The contestants spent nine months training and were selected in a selection rounds. Unlike other disciplines, the fighters were dedicated to boxing; and coaching alone and there was little role of mediation involved in it (Hietala, 2002).

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