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) |
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