Sparring Collection

Boxing - Fives Court with Randall & Turner sparring
The interior of Fives Court in Little St. Martins Lane, a popular venue for the Fancy in the heyday of the prize ring, showing Jack Randall and Ned Turner sparring

Boxing / Randall V Turner
Jack Randall sparring with Turner in the Fives Court

A Young Boxer raises his gloves. Date: circa 1920s

Young Boxer receiving instruction from his Trainer in a gym Date: circa 1920s

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

Don Welsh and Joe Mercer sparring
Joe Mercer of Everton (R) sparring with Don Welsh of Charlton (L), Army Physical Training sergeant-instructors, watched by Bruton, Davidson, Tremelling, Smith, Taylor Date: 1946

Boxing al Fresco Date: 1845

Primo Carnera
Italian boxer, Primo Carnera, World Heavyweight Champion 1933 - 1934. Here sparring with a much smaller opponent! Date: 1906 - 1967

Boxers by David Wright
Sketches of boxers, including Henry Cooper, sparring

DANCING BEARS AT ZOO
Dancing bears at Munich zoo, Germany. Date: early 1930s

John B. Bailey, professor of sparring and gymnastics

Lord Byron (Sparring)
GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON - sparring with John Jackson Date: 1788-1824

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

Fencing Pages
Two page boys fencing on the roof terrace of the Savoy Hotel, London, England

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

Sport / Boxing / Sparring
A lighthearted look at sparring

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