Sport: Boxing had no time limit on rounds until 1867 — a round…

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Did you know? Boxing had no time limit on rounds until 1867 — a round lasted until someone went down. The Marquess of Queensberry Rules (1867) introduced 3-minute rounds with 1-minute breaks. Boxing was thereby transformed from mostly fist-wrestling into a regulated, countable sport.

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Boxing had no time limit on rounds until 1867 — a round lasted until someone went down. The Marquess of Queensberry Rules (1867) introduced 3-minute rounds with 1-minute breaks. Boxing was thereby transformed from mostly fist-wrestling into a regulated, countable sport.

Boksen had tot 1867 ronden zonder tijdslimiet — een ronde duurde tot iemand omviel. De Marquess of Queensberry-regels (1867) introduceerden 3-minuten ronden met 1 minuut rust. Boksen werd daarmee transformeerd van vooral worsteling-met-vuisten naar een geregulariseerde, tellbare sport.

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