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The Broughton Rules of 1743 were superseded by the London Prize Ring
Rules of 1838. In 1884 the 8th marquis of Queensberry, with the help of
John G. Chambers, put forward the Queensberry Rules, that called for
gloved contests. |
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All professional championship fights were contested with bare knuckles
until 1892, in a world heavyweight championship bout between John L.
Sullivan and James J. Corbett in New Orleans, where both contestants
wore regulation gloves. |
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The longest boxing match (with gloves) was 110 rounds long. It began
around 9 p.m. on April 6, 1893 and ended the next day well after 4 a.m.
Andy Bowen and Jack Burke fought for seven hours and 19 minutes in New
Orleans, La. to a "draw." |
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In the 1917 title fight between Benny Leonard and Freddie Welsh insult
was added to injury when it turned out that Welsh's manager bet his
entire purse on Welsh to win. So Freddie returned home without his
title or money. |
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In a championship fight in 1954 Jimmy Carruthers and Chamrern
Songkitrat both boxed barefoot because the canvas was too slippery, due
to rain, to fight with shoes on. |
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A 1923 bout in Havana between heavyweight champion Jack Johnson and
Jack Thompson was so slow that the referee walked out of the ring in
disgust! The fight was refereed for the last couple of rounds by the
promoter. |
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The fight between Muhammad Ali and Earnie Shavers featured the first
woman to judge a heavyweight title fight. Her name was Elva Shain. |
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Rocky Marciano was 22 when he first started to box "seriously". |
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The first mouthpiece was used in 1915 in a bout between Ted "Kid" Lewis and Jack Britton. |
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