Rediscovering the wrestlers and boxers of Late-Victorian London

By Sarah Elizabeth Cox

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    Category: Prize-fighting

    • Bruisers, Boozers, and Bear Tamers: THE DEVIL’S DANCE FLOOR will be published by Duckworth in February 2027

      Nov 15—2025
      1882, 1883, 1886, 1888, 1889, 1890s, A Thousand Blows, Alec Munroe, Alf Ball, America, Boxing, Brockley, Burlesque, Ching Ghook, Ching Hook, Evan Lewis, Henry Goodson, Hezekiah Moscow, Jack Davenport, Jack Wannop, Jem Haines, Jem Smith, New Cross, New Cross Boxing Club, Prize-fighting, Punch Lewis, Sisters Mills, Steve the Donkey, Sugar Goodson, Tom Thompson, Uncategorized, Wannop’s Gymnasium, William Caddell Lewis

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    • Grappling with workload – an update on my book, Albert Pearce, Felix Scott, and other matters

      Jul 15—2025
      1890s, A Thousand Blows, Albert Pearce, Alec Munroe, Alf Ball, Boxing, Ching Ghook, Ching Hook, Henry Goodson, Hezekiah Moscow, Jack Wannop, Jem Smith, Prize-fighting, Sisters Mills, Uncategorized

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    • Mr Constantine Morris is The Professor of Fisticuffs Who Has Behaved in a Very Unconventional Way

      Mar 13—2025
      1890s, Birmingham, Boxing, Prize-fighting

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