What were the names of these two Ancient Greek boxing/pankration legends?
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Sostratos, a fighter from the city of Sikyon, was known as “Fingertips” because he would break his opponent’s fingers at the start of a match. It’s no wonder the Greeks became experts in sports medicine!
The Pausanias reference is 6.4.1-3
Pausanias writes of a particularly violent encounter where the fighter Damoxenos pulled out the entrails of his opponent Creugas. After the gruesome incident, the Greeks were forced to institute an additional rule forbidding the ripping out of internal organs.
The Pausanias reference can be found at 8.40.3-5.
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