Boxing Clever: What boxing can tell us about our culture and society.

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Boxing is arguably one of the most exciting, important, controversial and memorable sports on the Olympic roll-call. It occupied a position as one of the most revered and prestigious sports in the Ancient Games, making heroes and legends of men. Such a practice seems to have been continued in the present day, with the BBC Sportsman of the Century, Muhammad Ali, having first achieved notable fame as an Olympic athlete and champion.