Marquess of Queensberry Rules
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marquess-of-queensberry-rules-176-3031343
title:
Marquess of Queensberry Rules
text:
The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensbury Rules, are a set of generally accepted rules governing the sport of boxing. Drafted in London in 1865 and published in 1867, they were so named because the 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code, although they were actually written by a Welsh sportsman, John Graham Chambers, from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. They were the first to mandate the use of gloves in boxing. The Queensberry Rules, which eventually superseded the L
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Vintage rules system for boxing
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Queensberry_Rules
date created:
2003-08-28T15:01:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T13:33:46Z
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