Onomastus ofSmyrna (Greek:Ὀνόμαστος) was the firstOlympic victor in boxing at the 23rd Olympiad, 688 BC, when this sport was added. According toPhilostratus,^[1] Pausanias andEusebius, Onomastus was not only the first Olympic boxing champion but he wrote the rules ofAncient Greek boxing as well. Pausanias adds thatSmyrna was already then part ofIonia.^[2] (Onomastos means famous, literally "having a name, onoma").

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