Tom McNeely: Summer Olympics - Boxing

Artist: Tom McNeely
1935 -
Nationality: Canadian
Artwork Year: 1992
Image Size: 22.125 by 14.75 inches
Overall Size: 22.125 by 18.375 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Water Color Paper

Boxing made its debut as an event at the Olympic Games held in 688 B.C. Competitors fought with leather straps wound around their fists, and later they added metal rings or knuckles to the straps. But there were no "rounds," no referees or "TKOs." The match continued until one of the two competitors signaled defeat. In 648 B.C., pancration was added to the roster of events. A brutal combination of boxing and wrestling, the contest was indeed a free-for-all which also continued until one of the contenders yielded or died -- the rules of the game permitted strangulation. Competitors practiced for their bouts at the palaestra or place of exercise in Olympia, site of the original games. Emperor Theodosius I abolished the Games in 393 A.D., but they were reinstituted in 1896 largely through the efforts of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Boxing was not reinstated until the 1904 Olympic Games held in St. Louis, Missouri. Only 12 countries participated, and the U.S. dominated the competitions. During the 20th century, the sport has introduced gifted athletes; Argentina's Carmelo Robledo; Hungary's Lásló Papp; Cuba's Téofilo Stevenson; America's Cassius Clay, George Foreman and Leon Spinks.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Maximu Card for the U.S. 29¢ Olympic Boxing issued June 11, 1992.

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