Bout Collection

Boxing for Ladies 1886
The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves to a scratch with her finger nails

Marthe Carpentier boxer born 1893
Marthe Carpentier French boxer. On 8th March 1914 she won a bout against Lucie Warner from England for the world female title

Wrestling Match (Wrestlers - Luchadas) - Canary Islands
Canarain Wrestling Match (Wrestlers - Luchadas) - Canary Islands, Spain. Canarian Wrestling is a form of folk wrestling, originally from the Canary Islands, where it is known as Lucha Canaria

c. 1890s India - wrestlers taking part in a fighting bout

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at an officer in battle
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at an officer leading his troops in battle. Death and the Warrior. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van

A wrestling bout in the ring at Rainbow Corner, the famous American Red Cross Club in London which claimed to have, " doors that never close" (though they eventually did in 1946)

Medieval wrestling bout
Men wrestling with their coats on the ground, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Medieval wrestling bouts
Men wrestling with their coats on the ground (top), men wrestling for the prize of a rooster (middle), and men wrestling on shoulders of others in the game of Hippas, 14th century

Natives of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia
Bout Alikhooki, Tierra del Fuego man drawn from life in European clothes at Plymouth, and Patagonian of Cape Gregory in llama fur coat. Natives of South America

A bout of judo, Tokyo, Japan, with participants and spectators. Date: circa 1918

Duke of York - Stable Lads Boxing Tournament
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI), pictured with two contestants in the Stable Lads Boxing Tournament, which took place at the National Sporting Club in aid of St

Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Carpentier v Beckett
Heavyweight Championship of Europe - Georges Carpentier vs. Joe Beckett - The knockout - French fighter Carpentier watching his fallen rival - 4th December, 1919 Date: 1919

POLICE TRAINING
Training for the International Police Boxing Championships at Peel House, London. P.C. Jackson versus P.C. Melish Date: 1930s

JAPANESE WRESTLING 1865
A bout of Sumo wrestling is watched closely by both the referee and a large crowd. Date: 1865

Cyanide Sid Cooper and Chris Adams, wrestlers
Cyanide (or Cry Baby) Sid Cooper and black belt Chris Adams, taking part in a professional wrestling bout in the open air, Penlee Park, Penzance, Cornwall. Adams gets a submission from Cooper

Mensur (fencing bout) - Heidelberg, Germany
A brief interuption during a Mensur (Academic fencing bout) - the duellist hopes he will be scarred for life - Heidelberg, Germany. Date: circa 1910s

Minstrel with a banjo
I m crezy bout you baby. Black minstrel strumming his banjo.Date: circa 1910

Boxing match on deck of the Berengaria
A boxing bout to amuse the passengers on board the ocean liner, the Berengaria. Date: 1931

Bad weather
bout sick of this weather - young girl with her cape and brolly. Artist: Agnes Richardson Date: 1919

Boxing on board USS Frederick, American cruiser, WW1
A boxing match taking place on board the USS Frederick (formerly USS Maryland, ACR8), an American armoured cruiser, watched by members of the crew. Date: 1918

Fencing Airmen
Royal Air Force cadets watching a bout of fencing at the School of Physical Training at Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. Date: 27 June 1933

Fencing Girls
Girls of the L.N.E.R. Recreation Club at Liverpool Street, London, enjoying a bout of fencing after a hard day on the railways! Date: 27 June 1933

BOUT, Pieter (1658-1702). The Skaters. 1678. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. Madrid. Prado Museum

Fencing C1850
Two fencers have a practise bout in a club. Date: circa 1850

The champion ready for another bout. Illustration shows Benjamin Harrison, standing in boxing ring, pulling on a boxing glove labeled Protection, with man labeled Labor seated in his corner

Female boxer
" The modern girl taught to prefer a bout with the gloves, to a scratch with her finger nails". 1. Her first lesson. 2. Fair professionals. 3. Training under instructions of a champion. 4

After Students Duel 3
Medical inspection after a Mensur (fencing bout) - the duellist hopes he will be scarred for life Date: circa 1905

Nelsons arrival in Goldfield, Nervada, Battling Nelson vs Joe Gans, Boxing, Gans dropped Nelson repeatedly during the bout, but could not knock him out

STUDENTS DUEL 1890S
Two students fight a Mensur (fencing bout) - their eyes and bodies are protected but they hope for scars of honour on their cheeks

STUDENTS DUEL C1905
The Mensur (fencing bout) - both duellists hope they will be scarred for life

After Students Duel 1
Red-capped Heidelberg students with their colleague who has just fought a Mensur (fencing bout) while a doctor attends to his wounds of honour

Indian Wrestling
Above, two Indian wrestlers grapple each other in a bout; below, two dromadaries do much the same thing

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