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Rediscovering the wrestlers and boxers of Late-Victorian London

By Sarah Elizabeth Cox

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    Category: Lady Boxers

    • Pre-order THE DEVILS’ DANCE FLOOR – Hezekiah Moscow and the Fight for Life in Late-Victorian London

      Oct 26—2026
      1888, A Thousand Blows, Albert Pearce, Alec Munroe, Alf Ball, America, Boxing, Brockley, Ching Ghook, Ching Hook, Dick Burge, Evan Lewis, Felix Scott, Frank Craig, George Brown, George Godfrey, Henry Goodson, Hezekiah Moscow, Jack Davenport, Jack Wannop, Jem Haines, Jem Mace, Jem Smith, John Sullivan, Lady Boxers, Music Hall, New Cross, New Cross Boxing Club, Peter Jackson, Plantagenet Green, Prize-fighting, Punch Lewis, Sisters Mills, Steve the Donkey, Sugar Goodson, The Cross-Buttocker, Theatre, Tom Thompson, Walter Armstrong, Wannop’s Gymnasium, William Caddell Lewis, Wrestling

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    • ‘Look at yer book, you bastard, and not at me’ – A Herculean Lady Boxer’s Final Round

      Oct 28—2025
      1889, 1890s, A Thousand Blows, Boxing, Burlesque, Lady Boxers, Lady Wrestlers, Sisters Mills, Uncategorized

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