The strength and combat sports are the sports that involve strength and fighting such as body-building, weight-lifting and powerlifting. Boxing, fighting, wrestling, martial arts (jujutsu, karate, and taekwondo) are some examples of the combat sports. Kendo and fencing are some of the combat sports that allow use of weapons.

Boxing is an exclusively individual sport involving two athletes punching each other in the upper body till the match is over. Someone may be knocked out before the end of the rounds. Boxing legends like Mohammad Ali won Olympic Gold Medals and have gained global recognition. This game is considered to be violent as it may cause brain damage and injure the face and body. Various classes of boxing as distinguished based on weight - featherweights, welterweights, middleweights, and heavyweights. Variations to boxing include kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts.

Gymnastics is a sport that helps measure skill, strength and speed. Gymnastics is different as it requires twisting the body into different shapes rather than scoring netting the ball. I is a popular Olympic Sport. Variations like trampolining, tumbling are very famous.

Discus Throw is a sport involving throwing a discus farthest. This measures the strength and skill and is included as Olympic sports.

Fencing is a combat sport similar to sword fighting. The objective of the game to find fault in the defence of the opponent and penetrating it. The sword (saber) and a foil helmet is worn during the sport. The sport is played individually which is measure of skill and agility.

Martial Arts are types of combat sports that targets to disarm, harm, or even kill opponents. Some variants of the sport are Judo, Kung Fu, Jujitsu, and Taekwondo. These involve bare hand fighting or with various weapons. This sport measures the skill, strength, presence of mind for various players.

Powerlifting is a sport of lifting the heaviest weights possible in maximum three attempts. This popular individual sport include squats, bench presses, and deadlifts.

Wrestling is a popular sport to pin down opponents and overpower them. The variations of wrestling are sumo wrestling in Japan, professional wrestling in Europe and America, and Kabaddi in South East Asia. It is also among the most popular Olympic Sports.

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