Anyone know if Corbett fought bare knuckle?

I see on wikipedia it says he mostly fought with gloves under quensberry rules, but it says mostly. So does that mean early in his career he fought someone under London Prize Ring rules? I do wonder because all his fights and mention of him are gloved. He even fought Sullivan gloved just a couple years after Sullivan fought bare knuckle defending his championship against Kirke (spelling?). So if the championship was fought under London Prize rules how would a boxer competing during this time and a couple years earlier never fight under those rules? Surely, he must have not expected all of a sudden for them to change the rules for all fights including the title being fought gloves so shortly after starting his career and expect to at least fight bare knukcle sometimes if he was ever to be champion (again it is just hard to imagine him expecting never to fight under London rules if even the championship some years after his career was going was fought that way). Did he really manage to toally avoid it or planned to that way to ever fight bare knuckle?

 

I also wonder, why did Sullivan not request to fight bare knukcle also with COrbett like he did a couple years ealier against Kirke since that was his strength vs Corbett and he actually even past his prime may have beaten him there since throws and stuff were allowed?

 

Did he fight Choynski under London Prize rules though? Whether gloved or not?

 

I also have a hard time finding whether Choynski ever fought bareknuckle under London Prize rules at all as he entered also in-between the two eras.

I also wonder how Jack Johnson would have done under the London rules.

 

lol they brought it back recently and in Ireland they still have some matches like that.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sport...are-knuckle-boxing-official-return/666535002/

Its almost a diff game or sport particularly with throws and clinch involved.

 

here is a clip. I guess they didnt even wait until the ball was rang to attack:

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