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When and why did boxing change from holding the backs of ones hands towards an opponent (the stance you see in the Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo) to the modern stance of holding the backs of ones hands towards a boxers left and right?

by /u/RunRunDie in /r/AskHistorians

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