Boxing, as well called pugilism, Western Boxing, prizefighting, when referring to specialized boxing, or a widespread nickname among fans, is a sport in which two contributors of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute gaps called "rounds". In both Olympic and proficient divisions, the combatants (called boxers otherwise fighters) keep away from their opponent's punches while trying to land punches of their own. Points are awarded for clean, solid blows to the legal area on the face of the opponent's body above the waistline, with hits to the head and torso being particularly valuable. The fighter with the most points after the listed number of rounds is declared the winner. Victory might also be achieved if the opponent is knocked down and powerless to get up before the referee counts to ten (a Knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too hurt to continue (a technological Knockout, or TKO). For record-keeping purposes, a TKO is tallied as a knockout. On boxers' records, only KO's are mentioned. Technical knockouts are regularly only mentioned in contemporaneous intelligence articles.
Olympic boxing is established at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. Olympic boxing prizes point scoring rather than physical injure or knockouts. Bouts contain four rounds of two minutes in Olympic and Commonwealth, and three rounds of two minutes in a countrywide ABA (Amateur Boxing association) bout, each with a one-minute gap between rounds.