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'Hurley has made an important contribution to the annals of the sport that deserves a wide audience.' - Independent Book of the Week; 'Read Jon Hurley's vivid fight analyses in Tom Spring: Bare-knuckle Champion of All England. His descriptions - some borrowed from writers of the day, some his own - often poetic.' - The Times
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Tom Spring was an extremely elegant fighter who swept all before him in the 1820's. The pupil of another legendary fighter, Thomas Cribb, he defeated Bill Neat at Andover in 1823 to become Champion of All England.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Jon Hurley's biography of Tom Spring (1795-1851), butcher's boy from rural Herefordshire turned bare-knuckle boxer and London publican, is a must-read for fans of boxing, sports journalism, and Romantic scholars.
Hurley vividly captures the world of 'The Fancy' in the early Nineteenth Century, a world which included Hazlitt, Byron and John Clare. Full of colourful characters, and even more colourful descriptions of prize-fights, this book is an unexpected page-turner.
Spring emerges from the pages as a champion of old English values such as frankness, good humour and common-sense, open heartedness, fair-play and sportsmanship. Hurley's admiration for his subject shines through his prose, and his eye for a good narrative makes for a compelling addition to books on the history of sport.
Hurley vividly captures the world of 'The Fancy' in the early Nineteenth Century, a world which included Hazlitt, Byron and John Clare. Full of colourful characters, and even more colourful descriptions of prize-fights, this book is an unexpected page-turner.
Spring emerges from the pages as a champion of old English values such as frankness, good humour and common-sense, open heartedness, fair-play and sportsmanship. Hurley's admiration for his subject shines through his prose, and his eye for a good narrative makes for a compelling addition to books on the history of sport.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Great story, beautifully written!
These boys were true gladiators, or perhaps insane.Fights were often long,and all too often bloody and 'terminal'.Tom 'Winter' Spring brought science to the sport of boxing.
All boxing fans should read of his adventures, a national hero, a gentlemam, a bareknuckle fighter... and British!
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These boys were true gladiators, or perhaps insane.Fights were often long,and all too often bloody and 'terminal'.Tom 'Winter' Spring brought science to the sport of boxing.
All boxing fans should read of his adventures, a national hero, a gentlemam, a bareknuckle fighter... and British!
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This is a fascinating book, with or without the gloves being on or off! Jon Hurley's meticulous research and inventiveness combine to mix known facts on the life and times of Tom Spring, the last of the incorruptible bare knuckle champions of England.
Pen pictures abound of the men who who were either the Hereford born Spring's opponents or backers plus gambling followers and writers about an often illegal 'sport' which attracted thousands of spectators from Royalty right down to street ruffians.
Lfe in Regency England could be brutal, but amongst the prize fighters, including Tom Spring, there was a camaraderie that deserved the nation's respect as well as admiration.
A 'must read'for anyone interested in the origins and evolution of the Noble Art.
Peter Walker
Pen pictures abound of the men who who were either the Hereford born Spring's opponents or backers plus gambling followers and writers about an often illegal 'sport' which attracted thousands of spectators from Royalty right down to street ruffians.
Lfe in Regency England could be brutal, but amongst the prize fighters, including Tom Spring, there was a camaraderie that deserved the nation's respect as well as admiration.
A 'must read'for anyone interested in the origins and evolution of the Noble Art.
Peter Walker
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