The document summarizes the history of boxing. It describes depictions of fist-fighting from ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian relics from the 2nd millennium BC showing bare-fisted contests. The earliest evidence of fighting with gloves comes from Minoan Crete and Sardinia around 1500-900 BC. It also discusses the International Boxing Hall of Fame opening in 1989 which inducts legendary boxers like Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson, and Sugar Ray Robinson every June as part of a four-day celebration.