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Boxing is a combat sport in which two participants, typically wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other within a roped-off square ring. The objective is to land punches on the opponent while avoiding their strikes. Matches are divided into rounds, usually lasting 2-3 minutes each, with a set number of rounds (commonly 10 or…