What is/are the Queensbury rules?
The sport of boxing has been around as far back as the Roman Empire. Men were pitted against Men and they fought each other with open bare fists until one was knocked out senseless. A lot of these fighters died. If this was not violent enough, weapons such as chains, clubs with nails, were introduced. The scene was pretty bloody. At some time in history this sport was abandoned for a period and then it saw revival in England during the 17th and the 18th century. Even though the brutality of the sport was toned down considerably, however compared to today’s standards, it was still very violent. For example, there was no fixed venue. A fight could take place almost anywhere, as long as there were two men willing to fight, and there was a crowd. the so-called ring consisted of a cirlce of people inside which the two boxers fought, without any break, until one of them fell from exhaustion or injury. Some actually died. The rules were very lose and they were simply labeled s London Prize fi
