Bareknuckles : a social history of prize-fighting /

"Bareknuckle fighting was one of the first organized spectator sports and the first to boast a World Championship. Yet paradoxically throughout its history it was illegal. Dennis Brailsford is the first historian to describe the entire history of bareknuckle fighting from the Regency period unt...

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Main Author:	Brailsford, Dennis, 1925-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge [England] : Lutterworth, 1988.
Subjects:	Boxing > England > History. Boxing > Social aspects > England. Boxing > History > 19th century. Boxe > Angleterre > Histoire. Boxe > Aspect social > Angleterre. Boxe > Histoire > 19e siècle. Boxing. Boxing > Social aspects. England. Boxen Geschichte 1800-1899 England > Prizefighting, 1720-1910 History.

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