
Full title
Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 1 (of 3) Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-40, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863
Language
en
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2019-05-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1806–1889
Best known for "Pugilistica," he helped preserve the early history of British boxing in vivid detail. His work remains a useful window into nineteenth-century sporting life.
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