Pugilistica the History of British Boxing Vol. 2

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Author

Miles, Henry Downes, 1806-1889

Title

Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 2 (of 3) Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-1740, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Boxing

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 61649

Release Date

March 21, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PUGILISTICA THE HISTORY OF BRITISH BOXING CONTAINING LIVES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PUGILISTS; FULL REPORTS OF THEIR BATTLES FROM CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPERS, WITH AUTHENTIC PORTRAITS, PERSONAL ANECDOTES, AND SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL PATRONS OF THE PRIZE RING, FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE RING FROM FIG AND BROUGHTON, 1719–40, TO THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE BETWEEN KING AND HEENAN, IN DECEMBER 1863
2. 2.PREFACE TO VOLUME II.
3. 3.PERIOD V.—1814 TO 1824. FROM THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF TOM SPRING TO THAT OF JEM WARD. — CHAPTER I. TOM SPRING (CHAMPION)—1814–1824. — CHAPTER II. JOHN LANGAN, THE IRISH CHAMPION—1819–1824. — CHAPTER III. NED PAINTER—1813–1820. — CHAPTER IV. TOM OLIVER (COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF THE P.R.)—1811–1831. — CHAPTER V. BILL NEAT, OF BRISTOL—1818–1823. — CHAPTER VI. THOMAS HICKMAN (“THE GAS MAN”). — CHAPTER VII. DAN DONNELLY, CHAMPION OF IRELAND. — CHAPTER VIII. JACK CARTER, “THE LANCASHIRE HERO”—1812–1832. [29]
4. 4.APPENDIX TO PERIOD V. — HARRY SUTTON, THE BLACK—1816–1819. — BILL ABBOT—1818–1832. — DAVID HUDSON, BROTHER OF THE RENOWNED “JOHN BULL FIGHTER”—1818–1827.
5. 5.PERIOD VI.—1824–1835. FROM THE RETIREMENT OF TOM SPRING TO THE APPEARANCE OF BENDIGO. — CHAPTER I. JEM WARD (CHAMPION).—1822–1831. — CHAPTER II. PETER CRAWLEY, ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS “YOUNG RUMP STEAK”—1818–1827. — CHAPTER III. TOM CANNON, “THE GREAT GUN OF WINDSOR” (CHAMPION)—1824–1827. — CHAPTER IV. JOSH. HUDSON, “THE JOHN BULL FIGHTER.”—1816–1826. — CHAPTER V. NED NEALE (“THE STREATHAM YOUTH”)—1822–1831. — CHAPTER VI. JEM BURN (“MY NEVVY”)—1824–1827. — CHAPTER VII. EDWARD BALDWIN (“WHITE-HEADED BOB”)—1823–1828. — CHAPTER VIII. SAMUEL EVANS (“YOUNG DUTCH SAM”)—1825–1834. — CHAPTER IX. TOM GAYNOR (“THE BATH CARPENTER”)—1824–1834. — CHAPTER X. ALEC REID (“THE CHELSEA SNOB”)—1821–1830. — CHAPTER XI. BISHOP SHARPE (“THE BOLD SMUGGLER”)—1818–1826. — CHAPTER XII. TOM BROWN (“BIG BROWN”) OF BRIDGNORTH—1825–1831. — CHAPTER XIII. PHIL SAMPSON (“THE BIRMINGHAM YOUTH”)—1819–1831. — BARNEY AARON (“THE STAR OF THE EAST”)—1819–1834.
6. 6.INDEX TO VOLUME II.

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