London Prize Ring Rules

The London Prize Ring rules was a list of 29 rules drafted by Britain’s Jack Broughton in 1743, governing the conduct of prizefighting/bare-knuckle boxing for over 100 years. The original rules were revised and expanded in detail in 1838 and 1853 to make them more gentlemanly. They were later superseded by the Marquess of Queensberry rules, the origins of the modern sport of...