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Rediscovering the wrestlers and boxers of Late-Victorian London

By Sarah Elizabeth Cox

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Category: The Cross-Buttocker

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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Jack Wannop wants a go with… George Hackenschmidt?! (And it’s goodbye, for now, from Grappling With History)

Aug 11—2021

Amersham Hall, Burlesque, George Brown, Jack Carkeek, Jack Wannop, Music Hall, New Cross, New Cross Boxing Club, New Cross Hall, New Cross House, Steve the Donkey, The Cross-Buttocker, Theatre, Tom Thompson, Walter Armstrong, Wannop’s Gymnasium, Wrestling

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“Had he been in any shape, I think the result would have been entirely different, for no gamer man ever entered the ring…” [Wannop V Godfrey, Part II]

Aug 28—2019

1889, America, Boxing, George Godfrey, Jack Wannop, The Cross-Buttocker, Walter Armstrong

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Who was The Cross-Buttocker? An Introduction to Walter Armstrong

Mar 13—2019

The Cross-Buttocker, Walter Armstrong

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