Marquess of Queensberry Rules

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 was so named due to its public endorsement by John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry. They were the first to require the use of gloves in boxing.

Other new innovations included each round consisting of three minutes of fighting followed by a minute of rest, and any fighter who went down had to get up unaided within 10 seconds; if he could not, he was declared knocked out.

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