When were the first Greek Olympic Games?
Ancient Olympic Games
Boxing (pygmachia) was first listed in 688 BC,[55] the boys event sixty years later. The laws of boxing were ascribed to the first Olympic champion Onomastus of Smyrna.[56]
It appears body-blows were either not permitted or not practised.[57][58]
The Spartans, who claimed to have invented boxing, quickly abandoned it and did not take part in boxing competitions.[56]
At first the boxers wore himantes (sing. himas), long leather strips which were wrapped around their hands.[55]