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an interesting bit of history

QUEENSBERRY RULES THAT WILL
GOVERN JEFFRIES-JOHNSON MILL


1. To be a fair stand up boxing match in a 24-foot ring, or
as near that size as practicable.

2. No wrestling or hugging allowed.

3. The rounds to be of three minutes' duration and one minute
between rounds.

4. If either man falls through weakness or otherwise, he
must get up unassisted, ten seconds to be allowed him to do so,
the other man meanwhile to return to his corner, and when the
fallen man is on his legs the round is to be resumed and continued
until three minutes have expired. If one man fails to come
to the scratch in the ten seconds allowed, it shall be in the power
of the referee to give his award in favor of the other man.

5. A man hanging on the ropes in a helpless state with his
toes off the ground shall be considered down.

6. No seconds or any other person to be allowed in the
ring during the rounds.

7. Should the contest be stopped by any unavoidable interference,
the referee to name the place and time as soon as possible
for finishing the contest, so that the match must be won

and lost, unless the backers of both men agree to draw the stakes.
8. The gloves to be fair-sized boxing gloves, of the best
quality, and new.

9. Should a glove burst or come off it must be replaced to
the referee's satisfaction.

10. A man on one knee is considered down, an.d if struck is
entitled to the stakes.

11. No boots or shoes with springs allowed.

12. The contest in all other respects to be governed by the
revised rules of the London Prize King.

Little teaser for you Rob.

What Old time champion fought a sort of transition type bout, bare-knuckle against glove??

The man wasn`t quite champion yet, but it is the only recorded event I could find of it.

And of course his opponent..

the only one i am aware of which may be the one you refer to is the may 30, 1889 fight between James J. Corbett and Joe Choynski.

the story goes that it took place in a barn some 10 miles outside San Francisco when the police stopped the fight and a week later they met on a barge in the middle of San Francisco bay. Corbett had broken his right thumb in the first encounter. It was arranged as a gloved fight but Choynski arrived without any.

He got a pair of riding gloves, from one of his backers, which had 3 heavy seams along the knuckles.

Very good.
June 5th bout is the one in question I had, the one on the barge.

The story I read was Choynski wore the prize fighting tight white leather unpadded variety whilst Corbett wore 5oz mitts.

Very good knowledge though Rob, that question was easy for me because I recently read a book on it but you really pulled it out

early on in the fight Corbett crashed a left jab against Choynskis lowered head and broke two knuckles on his left hand.h e had to rely on his footwork after this to get himself out of trouble and kept steering Choynski to the corner of the ring .

more to follow

robert.snell1 wrote:11. No boots or shoes with springs allowed..

Sorry but what does this mean?

to be quite honest i have no idea....aside from some idea it was to do with kangaroo 's

Probably meant spikes, in prizefighting they were allowed.

of course......the ring surface

tonyevs wrote:Probably meant spikes, in prizefighting they were allowed.

Now thatn makes more sence. Cheers.