Boxing is best described as a combat sport or martial art that involves two people. These two people, the fighters, could either be male or female. Generally, the two people who are involved in a boxing bout possess the same weight and they make use of their fists to fight with each other.

There are pre-determined numbers of rounds in a boxing match. Each round usually has a three-minute duration. Generally, a boxing match is made up of up to 12 rounds. The coach of each fighter is given a time of 1 minute to spend with his boxer in their assigned corners so that they can be given specified piece of advice. The referee is the one responsible to make sure that the fight between the two boxers is in control. The referee generally works within the ring itself and the primary job of this referee is to evaluate the manner in which the two fighters conduct themselves in a ring. The referee also has to make sure that the opponents fight safely with each other and at the same time he has to rule out the fouls in the game.

There are three judges normally in a boxing match present in the ringside who have the responsibility for assigning the points to each of the boxers. The evaluation is generally passed by the judges based on the punches used by the two fighters, the defense techniques that are used, the knockdown approaches and some of the more subjective measures. Each judge then scores a boxer differently from the other judge. It is in this kind of scoring or judging that controversies arise. Either fighter can claim that they have been deprived of a fair judging when either one loses.

In  a  boxing match, each of the boxers is assigned a specified corner in the ring. This is where usually the coach of the team is allowed to spend some time with his boxer in the beginning as well as during the different rounds. At the start of each round, both the boxers are required to enter into the ring from their assigned corners. They are also required to finish fighting and they must approach their corners when the end of each round has been signaled.

The winner is generally declared based on the score of each of the fighters during the boxing bout. Since three judges are involved in this sport, a unanimous or a split decision is always a possibility. But this is only the case when the whole match, 12 rounds, is finished with both the boxers still standing. In other cases, a fighter may be knocked down in the middle of the fight. This is generally determined by whether this fighter touches the floor of the ring or not. A knock out will be declared if one of the fighter touches the floor with any of his body parts other than the feet and this has happened because of the punch by the opposing fighter and not because of a slip. The decision to a a win via a knock out is generally given by the referee. However, if the fighter is able to return to a fighting position till the referee has finished his counting up to ten, then he is allowed to continue his game, then the fight continues.