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33:. The caption reads "A good light weight"
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562:Light welterweight boxing champions
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572:Light heavyweight boxing champions
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191:Win by technical knockout (TKO)
88:The boxing code was written by
51:the 9th Marquess of Queensberry
31:The 9th Marquess of Queensberry
16:Vintage rules system for boxing
1266:Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act
542:Featherweight boxing champions
537:Cruiserweight boxing champions
340:Baker, William Joseph (1998).
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940:Marquess of Queensberry Rules
602:Welterweight boxing champions
577:Middleweight boxing champions
532:Bantamweight boxing champions
39:Marquess of Queensberry Rules
1370:Boxing rules and regulations
1365:Boxing in the United Kingdom
1281:Women Boxing Archive Network
557:Lightweight boxing champions
552:Heavyweight boxing champions
343:Sports in the Western World
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70:London Prize Ring Rules
298:Dunning, Eric (1999).
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1286:List of boxing films
1261:Dementia pugilistica
1196:Ancient Greek boxing
1095:Short straight-punch
231:Standing eight count
225:Standing eight count
182:Win by knockout (KO)
90:John Graham Chambers
59:John Graham Chambers
1271:Bare-knuckle boxing
982:Lineal championship
909:White-collar boxing
884:Professional boxing
325:"Queensberry Rules"
1375:1867 introductions
372:17, sect. 5, pt. 1
211:unanimous decision
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684:Jock McAvoy
679:Jimmy Walsh
669:Benny Lynch
643:Billy Wells
249:Other rules
65:in boxing.
57:sportsman,
26:Vanity Fair
1359:Categories
1276:Slapboxing
1160:Peek-a-boo
1155:Check hook
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653:Dick Smith
623:Tom Thomas
387:Britannica
359:2010-12-10
270:References
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1122:technique
648:Sid Smith
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1170:Footwork
1145:Slipping
1075:Overhand
1070:Uppercut
1027:Outpoint
1007:Knockout
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