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“To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.” Jack Handy |
New edition of this classic work, first published in 1959, and undoubtedly one of the best of all boxing books, with superb...
A study of British boxers and boxing since 1901 with a chapter on past Lonsdale Belt winners. Large 8vo....
The ringside recollections of Arthur Bettinson and Ben Bennison. Includes chapters on Lonsdale Belts, Bowker, Tommy Burns,...
Famed boxing referee Gene Corri gives his thoughts on pugilism. 1st edition. 8vo. 255pp. plus 32 pages of photographs....
History of the National Sporting Club and its predecessor, the Pelican. First edition. 8vo. 223pp. Colour frontis., 32 pages...
History of the National Sporting Club and its predecessor, the Pelican. First edition. 8vo. 223pp. Colour frontis., 32 pages...
A history of the heavyweight division from James Figg to Floyd Patterson. The last chapter comprises a boxing vocabulary, with the...
Pierce Egan (1772-1849) was a journalist, sportswriter, and commentator on popular culture. He wrote first about boxing in his...
Published in five volumes as the "The Ring Athletic Library, 1938-1947". They are titled as follows: Vol.1 - Black Dynamite -...
Probably the finest study of heavyweight boxing ever produced, beginning with James Figg, the first recognised English title...
The classic pictorial history of boxing, with superb pictures throughout. First Edition. 4to. 320pp. Lavishly illustrated....
An in-depth study into the world of illegal bare-fisted fighting, all vividly portrayed against a backdrop of the Victorian world...
First awarded in 1909 by the National Sporting Club, the Lonsdale Belt has encircled the waists of all the great names in British...
This comprehensive, two volume work consists mainly of articles culled from the Licensed Victuallers' Gazette. They...
Includes chapters on all the great bare-knuckle boxers. Paperback. 8vo. 202pp. Very good condition. Signed by the...
Includes chapters on many of the great bare-knuckle fighters. 8vo. 165pp. Dust-wrapper, fine. A lovely copy.
Profiles of bare knuckle and glove boxers, from the days of John Broughton and Tom Cribb to Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey. A...
The second volume in the three volume set, covering the period 1814 and Tom Spring to 1835 and Sampson of Birmingham....
The first major history of boxing in New Zealand, from the times of Fitzsimmons and Billy Murphy to Barry Brown and Tuna Scanlan....
The author's predecessors established the Queensberry Rules under the constraints of which boxing was first governed. 8vo....