A strange little side quest
Before the next round of Miragine War, here is a piece of the bigger picture. Boxing entered the modern Olympic Games in 1904 at St. Louis. The surprising part is how quickly the next milestone followed. The word 'checkmate' is linked to the Persian expression 'shah mat', used when the king was trapped. That long chain of experiments is part of why combat sports still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.