Did the Marquis of Queensbury actually right the rules of boxing?
2007-03-21 14:14:23 · 5 answers · asked by colin050659 6 in Sports ➔ Boxing
No, but the 9'th Marquess of Queensbury publicly endorsed the code, so it was adopted. John Graham Chambers wrote them in 1865
2007-03-21 14:21:53 · answer #1 · answered by Stuka 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stuka is right. Chambers wrote them.
The boxing code was written by John Graham Chambers in 1865 and published in 1867 as "the Queensberry rules for the sport of boxing". This code of rules superseded the Revised London Prize Ring rules (1853), which had themselves replaced the original London Prize Ring rules (1743) of Jack Broughton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquess_of_Queensberry_rules
Sir John Sholto Douglas was the eighth Marquees of Queensbury. (He is sometimes identified as being the ninth.)
Best-known for establishing the Marquis of Queensbury Rules, under which modern boxing continues to operate.
http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Marquis_of_Queensbury
2007-03-21 15:40:27 · answer #2 · answered by kevinm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah the current ones!
Thanks to him you still can't break the law if you break someones nose, so long as the guy hits you first.
It's a great set of rules.Especially if you run into a guy that can't punch worth a damn.
God bless him
2007-03-21 14:19:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The current one's.
2007-03-21 14:16:35 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Mojo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yep.
2007-03-21 14:33:36 · answer #5 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋