Boxing Collection (page 8)

Kui Kong Young
Chinese Filipino boxer KUI KONG YOUNG, the small but toned and powerful young boxer, in training to fight Puerto Rican boxing champion SIXTO ESCOBAR. Date: 1940s

Seychelles Scouts Boxing
Seychelles Scouts boxing. circa 1920s-30s

Prince Philip at a boxing match at the Albert Hall
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh pictured at the Albert Hall, London in his capacity as Patron of the Federation of Working Boys Clubs, to watch boy boxers and present prizes. c.1953

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

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

Government Critics
Its a thankless task stopping a Punch ball - The harder you hit it, the harder it comes back. Cartoon showing the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George

Boys club boxing match, March 1929
Two boys in boxing gloves engage in a round of boxing during an evening at a Boys Club

Life / 1924 Olympics
Life Magazine, Olympic number, featuring humorous cartoons of the various events, including shooting, diving, athletics, boxing and horse jumping

Knock Out at a Boxing Match, c. 1896
Engraving showing the end of a boxing match, c.1896. On the left, the beaten boxer lies on the ground, as the referee, in top hat, enters the ring to call the end of the match

Boxing Match at the Ring Boxing Saloon, London, 1911
Illustration showing a boxing match at the Ring boxing saloon, London, c.1911. This building was previously known as the Surrey Chapel, which had been built by Rev. Rowland Hill (1744-1833)

Tommy Farr and Clarence Burman, 1939
Photograph of Tommy Farr (1914-1986)(left) and Clarence Red Burman, after their heavyweight boxing match, Harringay, London, 1939

Amateur Boxing Championships, London, 1890
Engraving showing a series of scenes from the Amateur Boxing Championships at the Central Hall, Holborn, London, 1890

Tommy Burns sparring with a partner, 1908
Series of photographs showing Tommy Burns (1881-1955), the Canadian heavyweight boxer, boxing with a sparring partner, 1908. Burns was World Heavyweight Champion between 1906 and 1908

Boxing Match at a Mens Club, London, 1889
Engraving showing an amateur boxing match held at the Holy Trinity Church Mens Club, Shoreditch, London, 1889

Norman Mailer / Morgan
NORMAN MAILER American novelist

Boxing on board a Troopship, 1876
Engraving of soldiers boxing on board a troopship. When troops were ordered to distant wars or postings, the long journeys under canvas meant plenty of time to spend on deck sports and pastimes

Indian Boxing 1876
A particularly vicious form of boxing in India, where two men fight wearing spikes on their knuckles; the result is rather bloody

Tongan Women Box C1830
Two bare-breasted Tongan women fight it out as a predominantly male crowd enjoys the fun

Boxing Satire C18
Londons gentry enjoys nothing more than seeing a good fight: Polite amusement or an exhibition of beasts

4 Sporty Victorians
Three men and one woman dressed for tennis, fencing and boxing

Boys at Start of Fight
Two boys with their fists up at the beginning of a (mock) fight outside in the garden

Soldiers Boxing
The exercise de la boxe is not only good for French soldiers health but encourages them not to fear the enemy. Date: circa 1900

WW1 / 1915 / ALLIES LEGS
With the Allies on their last legs, Germany - fresh and fit - awaits the final round of the fight (but this is May 1915, with more than three years to go !)

Cartoon / Russia Vs. Japan
The world (represented by national archetypes such as John Bull, Marianne and Uncle Sam) watches the fight between Russia (as champion of Europe) and Japan (Asias champion)

Jack Dempsey, Boxer 1921
Jack Dempsey (1895 - 1983) pictured before defending his heavyweight crown against Carpentier on July 2 1921. Dempsey won in front of 90, 000 fans and a live radio audience

Joshua Hudson, Boxer
Joshua Hudson, the " John Bull" fighter

Nat Langham, Boxer
Langham (1820 - 1871) entered boxings hall of fame by defeating Tom Sayers in 1853. He was the only man to ever do so

Sayers Gets the Belt
Tom " Little Wonder" Sayers and John " Benicia Boy" Heenan both receive belts after their epic 37 round contest ended in a draw

Australian Gold Rush
A new rush, and more people flood in to make their fortunes

Raising Hand to Child
A mother raises a hand to her child in anger

SPARRING
Two pugilists spar as a gathering of men enjoy the action

Edward Turner, Boxer
Welsh pugilist

Criqui V Ledoux 1922
A punishing left hook sends Ledoux to the canvas and gives victory to Criqui

Johnson V Jeffries 1910
A crushing right-hander from Jack Johnson sends Jim Jeffries to the canvas and knocks him out

Larry Johnson C 1930
Larry Johnson, a promising heavyweight of the era, adopts his boxing stance

Jack Dempsey / 1920S
JACK DEMPSEY, world heavyweight champion between 1919 and 1926, was once described as " 187 pounds of unbridled violence" ; here he asks the cards to tell him his future

Boxing Day / Cruikshank
Scene featuring puns on boxing day : a child has his ears boxed; two men are boxing; notices advertise coaches to Boxhill; boxes are carried on shoulders

Boxing Retreat C1890
A boxer steps away from his opponents left jab, avoiding the punch successfully

Carnera Meets Chevalier
Italian boxer PRIMO CARNERA (1906 - 1967), World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34, shaking hands with French actor and singer MAURICE CHEVALIER (1888 - 1972)

8th Marq. Queensberry
John Sholto Douglas, 8th Marquis of QUEENSBERRY Patron of boxing, responsible for the Queensberry Rules

Sport / Boxing / Sparring
A lighthearted look at sparring

Randall V Martin T Baker
A fight between Jack Randall and Martin the Baker

Ward V Quirk / Rowlandson
Description of a boxing match between Ward and Quirk

Boxing / Mendoza V Humphry
Boxing/Mendoza V Humphry

Boxing / Cribb V Molyneux
The Close of the Battle, or The Champion Triumphant

Carpentier Wins
The French heavyweight knocks out another opponent

Sayers and Heenan boxing
Tom Sayers squares up to John Heenan in the most celebrated prize fight of the nineteenth century. It eventually concluded as a draw

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