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 | | The Queensberry Amateur Championships continued from 1867 to 1885, and so, unlike their professional counterparts, amateur boxers did not deviate from using gloves once the Queensberry Rules had been published. |
 | | By 1902, American boxers were contesting the titles in the A.B.A. Championships, which, therefore, took on an international complexion. |
 | | In the late 19th and early 20th century, amateur boxing was encouraged in schools, universities and in the armed forces, but the champions, in the main, came from among the urban poor. |
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