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History of Canadian Boxing Legislation, Rules & Regulations
(Enter material chronologically)
- 1913-06-30: All professional boxing is banned in Alberta as a direct result of the fatal fight between Arthur Pelkey and Luther McCarty. [1]; see also: [2] [3]
- 1915-02-01: Ten-round bouts are legalized in Vancouver, B.C. Everett Herald (Everett, WA, USA)
- 1915-March: Montreal City Council legalizes boxing.
- 1922-01-19: At its first annual convention, in New Orleans, LA, the National Boxing Association, among many other things, recognizes Canada as an "allied body." Jan. 20 Indianapolis Times [4]
- 1922-04-07: The newly-appointed Montreal Athletic Commission, Quebec, conducts its very first meeting, and adopts regulations--modeled after New York's Walker Law--governing amateur and professional boxing and wrestling in the city.
- 1928: The Canadian Boxing Federation requires a boxer to be a Canadian citizen and have resided in the country at least six months prior to any Canadian title bout. (This rule may have been in effect long before 1928.) Oct. 24 Toronto Globe
- 1933: Vancouver, British Columbia, hasn't had much professional boxing in the past two years. Sept. 22 Daily News Searchlight (Bremerton, WA, USA)
- 1948-04-24: Chairman Frank Hogan announces that the Canadian Boxing Federation will force boxers fighting under its jurisdiction to carry "foolproof" identification cards (consisting of name, photo, and fingerprints) to "meet current complaints of amateurs fighting under false names on professional cards."