CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search 1877 Vanity Fair caricature of John Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry. The caption reads "A good light weight" The Marquess of Queensberry rules is a code of generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing . Drafted in London in 1865 and published in 1867, they were named so as John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry publicly endorsed the code, [1] although they were written by a Welsh sportsman named John Graham Chambers . The code of rules on which modern boxing is based, the Queensberry rules were the first to mandate boxing gloves in boxing. [2] The Queensberry rules superseded the Revised London Prize Ring rules (1853), and are intended for use in both professional and amateur boxing matches, thus separating it from the less popular American Fair Play Rules, which were strictly ...