London Prize Ring Rules
The London Prize Ring Rules are the rules of bare knuckle boxing, especially from 1838.
The Broughton Rules by Jack Broughton from 1743, which were sometimes referred to as the London Prize Ring Rules (i. W. S.), served as the basic framework .
In the 19th century two improvements by the London Pugilistic Society came on the market, the " Revised London Prize Ring Rules" (i. E. S.), which were now just called that.
There were two changes in 1839 and 1853. Under the Revised Rules, the fights were conducted in a ring bounded by ropes (24 feet = 7.30 meters in length). Furthermore, a lap was only over when a boxer was on the ground. The fighters had to come to the scratch line in the middle of the ring independently; the seconds were not allowed to help. The boxers were able to agree on a draw, there were no points wins.
Wrestling above the belt was still allowed. They were replaced by the Queensberry rules towards the end of the 19th century .