Also known as

John Broughton · Father of English Boxing

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English prizefighter, a former pupil of James Figg and champion of England from 1738 until Jack Slack beat him in 1750. He wrote the first boxing rules (1743), ran his own amphitheatre in Oxford Road, coached gentlemen with "mufflers", the first boxing gloves, and was later called the father of English boxing.

Teachers (1)

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  James Figg

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  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Single source.

  “In 1738, a former pupil of Figg, Jack Broughton (ca. 1703–1789), became champion.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Honours (1)

• receipt_longChampion of England Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  Title (1738)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source.

  “In 1738, a former pupil of Figg, Jack Broughton (ca. 1703–1789), became champion.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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