The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, also known as Queensbury Rules, are a set of generally accepted rules governing the sport of boxing. Drafted in London...

John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (20 July 1844 – 31 January 1900), was a British nobleman of the Victorian era, remembered for his atheism...

Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by a member of the Douglas family. The...

Britain, to the forerunner of modern boxing in the mid-19th century with the 1867 introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry Rules. Amateur boxing is both...

later superseded by the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, which were the origin of the modern sport of boxing. Fights under these rules were often contested...

heavyweight contest occurred under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, but it was neither the first title fight under those rules nor was it the first title fight...

Archibald William Douglas, 8th Marquess of Queensberry PC (18 April 1818 – 6 August 1858), styled Viscount Drumlanrig between 1837 and 1856, was a British...

Queensbury Marquess of Queensberry, a hereditary title in Scotland Marchioness of Queensbury, consort to the Marquess of Queensberry Earl of Queensberry, a hereditary...

L. Sullivan was the first widely recognized champion under Marquess of Queensberry rules. Known as the "Boston Strong Boy", Sullivan weighed around 200...

blows were all declared fouls. Marquess of Queensberry Rules: Another set of rules that was codified by John Graham Chambers of the Amateur Athletic Club and...

the treatment of people in war), medieval chivalry, the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (covering boxing), and the individual rulesets of various combat...

Queensberry's sponsorship and are universally known as the "Marquess of Queensberry rules". Lockerbie House is an important establishment within Lockerbie...

"approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884." 22 boxers died in 1953 alone...

Sean and Will after they insincerely agree to adhere to the Marquess of Queensberry rules. This much-anticipated match attracts more and more spectators...

attempts by other men to write acceptable rules, John Graham Chambers wrote the Marquess of Queensberry rules in 1865. They were published in 1867. He...

prior knowledge of the scam. In 1896, James J. Corbett, the first heavyweight champion crowned under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules,: 109  hadn't defended...

a part of the Unified Rules of Boxing as adopted by the Association of Boxing Commissions. The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, the base rules of boxing...

in the 18th century, and reaches its present form with the Marquess of Queensberry Rules of 1867.[citation needed] Certain traditional combat sports and...

the advanced age of 39, Foley came out of boxing retirement to fight a gloved battle using the modern Marquess of Queensberry Rules against "Professor"...

the groin have been forbidden in boxing as far back as the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, and they are almost universally forbidden in martial arts competitions...

modern boxing with the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry rules in 1867. Amateur boxing has been part of the modern Olympic Games since their...

Marquess of Queensberry Rules. During the same period and earlier, Mace completed what might be considered an apprenticeship in the boxing booth of former...

Colquhoun Sculls and became President of the University Boat Club. Chambers codified the "Marquess of Queensberry rules" upon which modern-day boxing is based...

elapsed. Despite the Marquess of Queensberry Rules stipulating that a fighter has ten seconds to rise from a knockdown, studies of knockouts have shown...

nine of its own rules to augment the Queensberry Rules. These rules specified more accurately, the role of the officials, and produced a system of scoring...

first New York-born champion since the Marquess of Queensberry rules were adopted. The professional career of Spider Kelly as a boxer began in 1887 when...

earlier days, though not under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules but under the older and more liberal London Prize Ring Rules. The fight may have been the most...

mandated by the Marquess of Queensberry Rules. Modern boxing gloves started showing up towards the end of the 1890s. Over one hundred years of engineering...

also wrestle Lord Steven Regal in a five-match series under Marquess of Queensberry Rules, which aired on WCW Worldwide between April 30 and May 28, in...

published in 1994, and are retrospective to the introduction of Marquess of Queensberry Rules in 1885. The historical lists have sometimes been updated when...