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Boxing Law, Rules, and Regulations
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- Ancient Olympics
- Broughton's Rules (Aug. 16, 1743)
- The Pelican Club (England 1814)
- The Fair Play Club (England 1828)
- London Prize Ring Rules, as revised by the British Pugilistic Association (1838)
- London Prize Ring Rules, as revised by the British Pugilistic Association (1853)
- Marquis of Queensberry Rules Governing Contests for Endurance (1865)
- Amateur Athletic Association (1880, England)
- Olympic Club of New Orleans (1883)
- American Fair-Play Rules to Govern Glove Contests (1888, proposed)
- Amateur Atheletic Union (AAU) Local, State, National Championships (1888, U.S.)
- New Orleans City Ord. permits glove fights sponsored by Atheletic Clubs (1890)
- National Sporting Club formed (1891, London)
- The Horton Law (NY 1896-1900)
- Colorado (1899) -- state statute legalizes boxing
- French Federation of Boxing Clubs (1903)
- Modern Olympic Games add boxing (1904)
- National Sporting Club establishes weight classes & awards Lonsdale Belts (1909)
- Anti-Prize Fight Film Law (U.S. Federal Law 1912-1940)
- The Frawley Law (NY Aug. 29, 1911 to Nov 15, 1917)
- International Boxing Union (IBU, formed 1913)
- American Boxing Association (1914-1915). Natl
- California Law (1914 - 1924) (limits matches to 4 rounds)
- New Jersey -- Hurley Law permits 8 rounders (1918), 12-round, ND bouts permitted starting April 1920
- The People v. Packey O'Gatty (Feb. 1918)
- The Walker Law (NY 1920)
- National Boxing Association formed (1921)
- Pennsylvania (1923) -- creates Commission modeled after Walker Law; the law permits ten round bouts to a decision, to be made by two judges and a referee if they disagree.
- Chicago News Golden Gloves (1923): Arch Ward coined the term
- California permits 10-round fights (1925)
- Illinois legalizes boxing (June 1926)
- NY Daily News Golden Gloves (1927)
- Colorado forms boxing comission, (Apr. 1927, abolished 1977, re-established 1999)
- British Board of Boxing Control (1929)
- Washington legalizes 10-rounders (6 rds were previous max.) (Apr. 1933)
- Texas legalizes boxing (Sep. 1933)
- Federation Pugilistic Italiana (Rome April 1938)
- European Boxing Union (EBU) replaces IBU (1946)
- International Boxing Club formed by Joe Louis with Jim Norris & Arthur Wirtz (1949)
- Cuba -- Professional boxing outlawed (Jan 4, 1962)
- NBA changes name to World Boxing Association (1962)
- World Boxing Council formed (1963)
- CT bans boxing (1965, repealed 1972)
- NABF formed: CA, NV, MO, AZ, IL, Mex (1969)
- International Boxing Federation formed (1983)
- Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1995 Senate Bill
- International Boxing Union formed (1996)
- Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 (1997)
- U.S. Government takes control of IBF (Dec. 1999)
- Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act (2000)
- National Boxing Comission Act of 2001 (senate bill)PDF
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