Jack Broughton
English bare-knuckle boxer (c. 1703–1789) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other people named John Broughton, see John Broughton (disambiguation).
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 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".[1]