Pugilist Collection

Jack Johnson on his Racing Motor Car
Arthur John Johnson, better known as Jack Johnson, the American heavyweight boxer, pictured in 1908. Johnson was the World Heavyweight Champion between 1908 and 1915

Minoan art. Greece. 16th century B. C. Fresco of boxing kids
Minoan art. Greece. 16th century B.C. Fresco of boxing kids. Fight between two teens provided with gloves and a belt. Painted stucco. Room B1 from Akrotiri (Thera). (1550-1500 BC)

Sketch cover, Georges Carpentier, 1914
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring the French boxer, Georges Carpentier (1894-1975), posed before his much-publicised fight against Gunboat Smith at Olympia in July 1914. Date: 1914

Edwin John
After a brief spell as a middleweight boxer, Edwin John (1905-1978) pursued a career as an artist. Date: 1931

Boxing al Fresco Date: 1845

Jack Johnson and his first wife
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), American boxer and first African American heavyweight boxing champion, pictured with his first wife, Etta Terry Duryea, who he had married in January 1911

Greek boxer. Early 3rd century. Bust. Marble. Carlsberg Gly
Greek boxer. Early 3rd century. Bust. Marble. From Athens. Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark

Pat O Keefe, WW1
British boxer and Middle Weight boxing champion of England, Pat O Keefe (1183-1960) pictured after joining the 1st Surrey Rifles and assisting the training of troops at Camberwell in 1915. Date: 1915

Street Fight by George Ranstead
Drawing of two men engaged in a punch up in the street, much to the horror of a lady watching from a doorway (possibly the cause of the fight)

Edward Turner, Boxer
Welsh pugilist

Pugilist Gladiators
Pugilist gladiators, with no weapons but their arms bound with leather thongs

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