Boxing : an illustrated history of the fight game /
"This book illustrates the complete story of boxing, from the professionally trained pugilists of the classical amphitheatres, who fought to the death with vicious studs strapped to their hands, through the thick-set bare-fist sluggers who met in the hundred-round contests of the nineteenth cen...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Hermes House,
[2011]
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| Summary: | "This book illustrates the complete story of boxing, from the professionally trained pugilists of the classical amphitheatres, who fought to the death with vicious studs strapped to their hands, through the thick-set bare-fist sluggers who met in the hundred-round contests of the nineteenth century, to today's heroes, mainly from impoverished backgrounds, for whom boxing is the only route up from crime and destitution to TV stardom, uncountable riches and world fame."--Book flap. |
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| Item Description: | Previously published as The boxing album: 2004. Includes index. Previously published as The boxing album: 2004. -Includes index. -Lavishly illustrated and including all the great champions, more than 100 epic fights and a behind-the-scenes look at the world of boxing. |
| Physical Description: | 256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781844773251 1844773256 |