Bare fists : the history of bare-knuckle prize-fighting /
A history of bare-knuckle prize-fighting and its champions traces its origins, its heydey in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the development of the Marquess of Queensbury Rules that saw the end of the sport.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Woodstock, N.Y. :
Overlook Press,
2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Book review (H-Net) |
| Summary: | A history of bare-knuckle prize-fighting and its champions traces its origins, its heydey in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the development of the Marquess of Queensbury Rules that saw the end of the sport. |
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| Item Description: | Accession #: 2020_0001 The Sports/Boxing copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. |
| Physical Description: | 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) and index. |
| ISBN: | 158567141X 9781585671410 |