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Jack Broughton, a Common card
John Broughton was an English bare-knuckle boxer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 13,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Jack Broughton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jack Broughton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Pierce Egan ______ Broughton as the "Father of the English School of Boxing".
Answer
characterised. Pierce Egan characterised Broughton as the "Father of the English School of Boxing". From the Jack Broughton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
His seven rules were widely used in boxing for nearly a century, until they were replaced by the London Prize Ring rules in ____.
Answer
1830s. His seven rules were widely used in boxing for nearly a century, until they were replaced by the London Prize Ring rules in 1838. From the Jack Broughton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kristin Armstrong. Kristin Armstrong 69 · Fort Garry 65 · Council of the Baltic Sea States 62 · Jack Broughton 57 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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.
- Pierce Egan characterised Broughton as the "Father of the English School of Boxing".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jack Broughton article was read about 13,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Jack Broughton
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Jack Broughton in the power ranking, all domains together.
- BastideCommon · History · ATK 58 DEF 50
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- Council of the Baltic Sea StatesCommon · Society · ATK 62 DEF 46
- Kristian WelchCommon · Society · ATK 62 DEF 46
- Luca della RobbiaCommon · Arts · ATK 61 DEF 47
- Mirga Gražinytė-TylaCommon · Arts · ATK 63 DEF 45
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jack Broughton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mezzotint possibly by John Faber Jr, possibly after a painting John Ellys, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
