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Poster for Englands Glory MatchesStrike out foreign competition by buying Englands Glory Matches: advertisement featuring a boxing match taking place on a ring made of match boxes between British and German pugilists
A Prize FightA characteristic scene at a prize fight - we haven t been able to identify the two fighters, but no doubt they are well-known pugilists of the day
Skeleton of death aiming a dart at an officer in battleSkeleton 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
English bare-knuckle boxers prize-fighting in a field, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World
Boxing al Fresco Date: 1845
Jack Johnson and his first wifeJack 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
Georges Carpentier (1894-1975), French boxer, described by The Sketch magazine as the beau ideal of pugilism. Date: 1914
Sketch cover, Georges Carpentier & Gunboat Smith, 1914Front cover of the Sketch magazine featuring a photograph of the much-publicised boxing match at Olympia between the Frenchman
Champion pugilists of the world. Date c1885
SPARRINGTwo pugilists spar as a gathering of men enjoy the action