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Zara McDermott 'couldn't be prouder' of Sam Thompson as he becomes bookies' favourite to WIN I'm A Celebrity Prince William is accused of silencing Princess Diana by stopping the BBC re-broadcasting her Panorama interview, says Omid Scobie According to the Iliad, Mycenaean warriors included boxing among their competitions honoring the fallen, though it is possible that the Homeric epics reflect later Greek culture. Boxing was among the contests held in memorial of Achilles' slain friend Patroclus, toward the end of the Trojan war. It was in commemoration of Patroclus that the Greeks later introduced boxing ( pygme / pygmachia) to the Olympic Games in 688 BC. Participants trained on punching bags (called a korykos). Fighters wore leather straps (called himantes) over their hands (leaving the fingers free), wrists, and sometimes breast, to protect themselves from injury. There was no protection for the face or head, meaning Greek boxing was quite dangerous compared to modern day boxing. Women were prohibited to watch games, especially boxing. It was a very popular sport until it was banned around 400 CE by Emperor Theodoric the Great because of its violence. [15]

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