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Jack Broughton

1703 - 1789

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John "Jack" Broughton (c. 1703 – 8 January 1789) was an English bare-knuckle boxer. He was the first person to codify a set of boxing rules; prior to this the "rules" that existed were very loosely defined and tended to vary from contest to contest. His seven rules were widely used in boxing for nearly a century, until they were replaced by the London Prize Ring rules in 1838. Pierce Egan characterised Broughton as the "Father of the English School of Boxing". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Broughton is the 1,074th most popular athlete (down from 395th in 2019), the 4,109th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,057th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jack Broughton ranks 1,074 out of 6,025. Before him are Polydore Veirman, John Thomas, Paul Van den Broeck, Václav Mottl, Bärbel Wöckel, and Diana Yorgova. After him are Achille Paroche, Axel Norling, Ilona Slupianek, Emilio Trivini, Alfred Felber, and Paul Bontemps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1703, Jack Broughton ranks 16. Before him are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Aleksei Chirikov, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Jean-François Séguier, Vasily Trediakovsky, and Mary Toft. After him is Kashibai. Among people deceased in 1789, Jack Broughton ranks 23. Before him are John Cleland, Anders Dahl, Jakob II Bernoulli, Paul Egede, Sayed Morad Khan, and Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Broughton ranks 4,110 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward James (1907), Helen Allingham (1848), Gwyneth Jones (1936), William Christie (1845), Joseph Barcroft (1872), and Keith Campbell (1954). After him are Flood (1960), Gia Scala (1934), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Bob Shaw (1931), Annie Kenney (1879), and Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Jack Broughton ranks 42. Before him are Tony Nash (1936), Victor d'Arcy (1887), Robert Lindsay (1890), Godfrey Rampling (1909), Gladys Davis (1893), and Peter Kemp (1878). After him are Robert Kerr (1882), Muriel Freeman (1897), Jack Beresford (1899), Queenie Newall (1854), Richard Gunn (1871), and Richard Meade (1938).

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