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Focusing on the gloveless champions that dominated the early history of the sport from the early 18th-century English fighter James Figg through American John L. Sullivan in the late 19th Mee (Lords of the Ring, etc.) provides well-researched, blocky accounts of these fighters, their transnational bouts and the way modern boxing developed through their hits and misses. Combing primary sources (from which he culls 50 b&w illustrations and portraits), Mee, who has covered boxing for more than 20 years for the British Daily Telegraph and Boxing News, situates these men in their times. But while the portraits of the champions are excellent, the off-periods, when there were no great champions, run together indistinguishably. Still, diehards will want to know about Jem Burn, who "lost to Neale after a brave struggle lasting six minutes short of an hour at Moulsey Hurst in December 1824" and will want to distinguish him from Jem Ward, who "was probably the best of the fighters who followed Tom Spring." The end of the book sketches the period after professional boxing adopted Marquis of Queensberry rules, requiring its combatants to don gloves and forcing bare-fist pugilism underground. Mee carries off the whole with enthusiasm and devotion, but he won't be able to lay a glove on the unconverted.
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The "sweet science," as gloved boxing is sometimes called, is simply the latest style in the ever-evolving history of hand-to-hand sporting combat. Before gloves, there were bare knuckles. Boxing writer Mee offers a vivid chronicle of the freewheeling bare-knuckle era, beginning in the 1720s. Contemporary fight fans will be surprised to discover that boxing and controversy were inextricably linked long before Mike Tyson started biting ears. For example, the wife of nineteenth-century American fighter John Camel Heenan was reputed to have had affairs with Charles Dickens, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Alexander Dumas. Along with the scandals, Mee offers superb re-creations of the greatest fights of the bare-knuckle era, including a 37-round championship bout in 1856 between Heenan and Brit Tom Sayers that makes the "Thrilla in Manila" look downright tame. Full of fascinating detail, this evocative history gives new life to a seemingly arcane subject. Wes Lukowsky
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Focusing on the gloveless champions that dominated the early history of the sport from the early 18th-century English fighter James Figg through American John L. Sullivan in the late 19th Mee (Lords of the Ring, etc.) provides well-researched, blocky accounts of these fighters, their transnational bouts and the way modern boxing developed through their hits and misses. Combing primary sources (from which he culls 50 b&w illustrations and portraits), Mee, who has covered boxing for more than 20 years for the British Daily Telegraph and Boxing News, situates these men in their times. But while the portraits of the champions are excellent, the off-periods, when there were no great champions, run together indistinguishably. Still, diehards will want to know about Jem Burn, who "lost to Neale after a brave struggle lasting six minutes short of an hour at Moulsey Hurst in December 1824" and will want to distinguish him from Jem Ward, who "was probably the best of the fighters who followed Tom Spring." The end of the book sketches the period after professional boxing adopted Marquis of Queensberry rules, requiring its combatants to don gloves and forcing bare-fist pugilism underground. Mee carries off the whole with enthusiasm and devotion, but he won't be able to lay a glove on the unconverted.
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From Booklist
The "sweet science," as gloved boxing is sometimes called, is simply the latest style in the ever-evolving history of hand-to-hand sporting combat. Before gloves, there were bare knuckles. Boxing writer Mee offers a vivid chronicle of the freewheeling bare-knuckle era, beginning in the 1720s. Contemporary fight fans will be surprised to discover that boxing and controversy were inextricably linked long before Mike Tyson started biting ears. For example, the wife of nineteenth-century American fighter John Camel Heenan was reputed to have had affairs with Charles Dickens, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Alexander Dumas. Along with the scandals, Mee offers superb re-creations of the greatest fights of the bare-knuckle era, including a 37-round championship bout in 1856 between Heenan and Brit Tom Sayers that makes the "Thrilla in Manila" look downright tame. Full of fascinating detail, this evocative history gives new life to a seemingly arcane subject. Wes Lukowsky
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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sparring tour, pugilistic club, gloved boxing, slight exchanges, prize ring, old champion, sporting men, rounds spread, championship belt, sparring sessions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bell's Life, New Orleans, Tom Spring, Tom Sayers, Tom Cribb, Moulsey Hurst, Dutch Sam, Tom Belcher, Prince of Wales, Fives Court, San Francisco, Bill Richmond, Jack Broughton, King George, Pierce Egan, Yankee Sullivan, Board of Control, Daniel Mendoza, Gentleman Jackson, James Figg, Jem Belcher, Nat Langham, Tipton Slasher, Tottenham Court Road New!
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We can never know the absolute truth about history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sparring tour, pugilistic club, gloved boxing, slight exchanges, prize ring, old champion, sporting men, rounds spread, championship belt, sparring sessions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Bell's Life, New Orleans, Tom Spring, Tom Sayers, Tom Cribb, Moulsey Hurst, Dutch Sam, Tom Belcher, Prince of Wales, Fives Court, San Francisco, Bill Richmond, Jack Broughton, King George, Pierce Egan, Yankee Sullivan, Board of Control, Daniel Mendoza, Gentleman Jackson, James Figg, Jem Belcher, Nat Langham, Tipton Slasher, Tottenham Court Road New!
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