25 books on boxing before gloves

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	"Journalist Pierce Egan (1772–1849), the first great chronicler of the prize ring, collected his boxing articles in four volumes, of which this is the first."

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	"Boxing's first world championship fight, in which Tom Sayers of England met John Heenan of the USA in 1860. Two nations were transfixed."

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	"Another account of Sayers–Heenan. Colourful, but not always accurate"

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	"The most complete biography of Tom Sayers, a middleweight who defeated all Britain's top heavyweights before taking on US champion John Heenan."

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	"Not an autobiography, but a compendium of contemporary reports of the career of Tom Sayers."

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	"The rags-to-riches-to-rags story of a great fighter, whose long career began with bare fists and ended with gloves. Not entirely reliable."

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	"Another biography of Jem Mace. Rather more trustworthy."

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	"The story of the last great champion of boxing's golden age in the early nineteenth century."

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	"The biography of one of the greats of the old prize ring, beaten only once in his  career."

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	"The colourful tale of Dan Donnelly, an Irish hero who boxed with great success in the Regency era."

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	"The autobiography of America's John L. Sullivan, the original hard man, whose career straddled the bare-knuckle and gloved eras."

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	"An outstanding biography, which has much to say of macho American society in Sullivan's day."

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	"The history of the bare-knuckle prize ring from its beginnings. Strong on fight description, weaker on social contextualisation."

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	"Comprehensive history of the prize ring, setting it firmly in its social context."

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	"The colourful story of the bare-knuckle prize ring in its early nineteenth-century heyday."

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	"The history of bare-knuckle prize fighting in England, told largely through accounts of fights in the Barnet area."

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	"The story of the old prize ring from its origins in the early eighteenth century to its demise in the late nineteenth."

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	"The bare-knuckle ring is given due attention in this wide-ranging survey."

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	"The story of the many black fighters who were prominent in the old prize ring."

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	"Deals with the entire history of boxing, but the illustrations of the bare-knuckle ring are most valuable."

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	"A scholarly study of the American bare-knuckle prize ring, an Anglo-Irish import which was largely ignored by Americans of other origins."

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	"Boxing is only one aspect of a study of the development of sporting attitudes in America, from the gentleman amateur to the hard-bitten professional."

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	"Hazlitt's eye-witness account of a fight in 1821, when the prize ring was at the height of its popularity, is one of the best things ever written on boxing."

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	"Fascinating account of how the old prize ring has been depicted in art."

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	"Fictionalised account of the career of Tom Molineaux, a former Virginia slave who came to England, and fought Tom Cribb for the national title. Thoroughly researched."