Pugilism Look up pugilism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pugilism may refer to: Boxing, a combat sport Bare-knuckle boxing, a combat sport without any boxing gloves Ancient Greek boxing Russian boxing, traditional bare-knuckle boxing of Russia See also[edit] Punch (combat) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pugilism.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.