Bare-knuckle boxing
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Bare-knuckle boxing is a full-contact combat sport in which participants box without any form of padding on the hands. The sport, as it is known today, originated in 17th-century England and, although
Irish-American fighter John L. Sullivan
Depiction of bare-knuckle boxers George Godfrey vs. Joe Lannon in chancery
Tom Molineaux (left) vs Tom Cribb in a re-match for the heavyweight championship of England, 1811.
The Marquess of Queensberry Rules are a set of generally accepted rules governing the sport of boxing. Drafted by Welsh sportsman John Graham Chambers in London in 1865 and published in 1867, the code
Bare-knuckle boxing
…main framework for much of the 19th century. Professional boxing largely shifted from bare-knuckle contests to gloved boxing after the adoption of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules. The last major world heavyweight championship held under bare-knuckle boxing rules happened in 1889 and was held by John L. Sullivan. The American…
1877 caricature of The 9th Marquess of Queensberry in the London magazine Vanity Fair. The caption by Leslie Ward reads "A good light weight".