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  2. Boxing ring - Wikipedia

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    The name "ring" is a relic from when contests were fought in a roughly drawn circle on the ground. The name ring continued with the London Prize Ring Rules in 1743, which specified a small circle in the centre of the fight area where the boxers met at the start of each round. The first square ring was introduced by the Pugilistic Society in 1838.

  3. Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    BKFC UK hosts its matches in a distinctive circular four-rope ring, colloquially known as the "Squared Circle." The Squared Circle uniquely features two scratch lines, placed three feet apart at the center, a nod to the historic Broughton Rules (particularly the London Prize Ring Rules) that once governed 19th-century bare-knuckle fighting. A ...

  4. List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing. In February 1995, it was estimated that "approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884." [1] 22 boxers died in 1953 alone. [1]

  5. Bare-knuckle boxing - Wikipedia

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    Bare-knuckle boxing (also known as bare-knuckle or bare-knuckle fighting) is a full-contact combat sport based on punching without any form of padding on the hands. The sport as it is known today originated in 17th-century England and differs from street fighting as it follows an accepted set of rules.

  6. List of British world boxing champions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of British boxers who have won a world championship by one of the four major sanctioning organisations – the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and the World Boxing Organization (WBO) – as well as those awarded by The Ring.

  7. National Sporting Club - Wikipedia

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    In 1936, an enthusiast, John Harding, set up a new committee, which took over the Empress Hall and put on boxing shows there. In 1938 the club moved to the Hotel Splendide, Piccadilly, but the war came and the club closed temporarily. In 1929, a new organisation, the British Boxing Board of Control, was formed to control the sport. Most of the ...

  8. London Prize Ring Rules - Wikipedia

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    The London Prize Ring Rules were a list of boxing rules promulgated in 1838 and revised in 1853. [1] These rules were based on those drafted by England's Jack Broughton in 1743 (known as the Broughton Rules ) and governed the conduct of prizefighting/ bare-knuckle boxing for over 100 years.

  9. Boxing - Wikipedia

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    Boxing [b] is a combat sport and martial art. [1] Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time.

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