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6 Items Tagged With ‘Bareknuckle Boxing’

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The Lion and the Eagle

The Lion and the Eagle

By Iain Manson

The story of bare-knuckle prize fighting between Tom Sayers and John Heenan which gripped England and the USA in 1860. The fighters, their handlers…

£14.99(Hardback)
Gypsy Jem Mace

Gypsy Jem Mace

By Jeremy Poolman

A few miles from New Orleans stands a life-size bronze statue of two men in combat. One of them is the legendary Gypsy Jem Mace, the first Heavyweight…

£18.99 £17.09 (Save 10%)(Hardback)
John L. Sullivan

John L. Sullivan

By Adam J. Pollack

Essentially the last of the bare-knuckle heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan was instrumental in the acceptance of gloved fighting. His charisma…

£35.00(Paperback)
Strange Encounters

Strange Encounters

By James Brady

A history of bareknuckle fights in England, featuring detailed accounts of all the most famous fights and much information about the fighters. Fully…

£24.99(Paperback)
Natural Born Fighters

Natural Born Fighters

By Craig Goldman

Bare-knuckle and unlicensed boxing is an evasive and dimly lit world, without regulations or laws and governed more by illicit power and…

£14.99(Hardback)
Prize Fighter

Prize Fighter

By Dale Webb

The remarkable story of an undefeated bare-knuckle fighter who became a legend in America's Old West, rising from obscurity in Cornwall to become the…

£7.99(Paperback)
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