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Jack Broughton

1703 - 1789

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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 a century, until they were replaced by the London Prize Ring rules in 1838. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Broughton has received more than 199,274 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Broughton is the 419th most popular athlete, the 3,058th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 17th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jack Broughton ranks 419 out of 6,025. Before him are George Saling, Team Hoyt, Henri Jobier, Forrest Smithson, Dimitrie Popescu, and Galina Bystrova. After him are Emerson Spencer, Edwin Flack, Allen Woodring, Bobby Morrow, Willie Applegarth, and Otis Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1703, Jack Broughton ranks 14. Before him are Anton Wilhelm Amo, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Aleksei Chirikov, and Vasily Trediakovsky. After him are Mary Toft, Jean-François Séguier, and Kashibai. Among people deceased in 1789, Jack Broughton ranks 20. Before him are Petrus Camper, John Cleland, Jakob II Bernoulli, Jafar Khan, Anders Dahl, and Sayed Morad Khan. After him are Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Paul Egede, and Thomas Nelson Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Broughton ranks 3,058 out of 8,785. Before him are Felicity Jones (1983), Roy Urquhart (1901), Gladys Cooper (1888), Jack Cardiff (1914), Richard Hakluyt (1552), and Konstantinos Paspatis (1878). After him are Steve Marriott (1947), Edwin Flack (1873), Willie Applegarth (1890), Peter Phillips (1977), Jeremy Northam (1961), and James Legge (1815).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Jack Broughton ranks 17. Before him are Robert Kerr (1882), Jonathan Edwards (1966), Nancy Mackay (1922), Alfred Tysoe (1874), Norman Read (1931), and Sidney Robinson (1876). After him are Edwin Flack (1873), Willie Applegarth (1890), Albert Hill (1889), Arthur Russell (1886), Eddie Owen (1886), and Henry Macintosh (1892).

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