Boxing's first great rivalry.

[Marchegiano]

Broughton-Taylor for control over boxing.

[Ben Bolt]

Broughton-Taylor for control over boxing.

Found this funny reading. Swords, fists and cudgels.

https://medium.com/pioneers-of-boxin...y-5ac99f04e388

[Marchegiano]

Found this funny reading. Swords, fists and cudgels.

https://medium.com/pioneers-of-boxin...y-5ac99f04e388

Yeah bud, it was a crazy time.

Personally for me the craziest was the inter-gender matches. Woman vs Man being an unfair match up was equalized by burying the man waist deep.

Most commonly used for domestic violence disputes at a time when trial by combat, ordeal, so on, was around but was also used to match prizefighters from time to time as well.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the man is unarmed. The lady is allowed various blunt weapons, cudgel, sack with rocks, a decent stick, stuff like that.

Imagine the drunkard who beats his wife type being buried half way and walloped with a sack-a-rocks for his crime

[Willie Pep 229]

Yeah bud, it was a crazy time.

Personally for me the craziest was the inter-gender matches. Woman vs Man being an unfair match up was equalized by burying the man waist deep.

Most commonly used for domestic violence disputes at a time when trial by combat, ordeal, so on, was around but was also used to match prizefighters from time to time as well.

Oh, I forgot to mention, the man is unarmed. The lady is allowed various blunt weapons, cudgel, sack with rocks, a decent stick, stuff like that.

Imagine the drunkard who beats his wife type being buried half way and walloped with a sack-a-rocks for his crime

You can see that happening as vigilante justice; let the old lady take a few cracks at the bastard. Hard to believe it was ever codified, even as 'sport.' But hell, who knows.

[QueensburyRules]

Found this funny reading. Swords, fists and cudgels.

https://medium.com/pioneers-of-boxin...y-5ac99f04e388

- -Figg taught comprehensive combat including to the King hisself.

[ron davis]

1. Ted 'Kid' Lewis vs. Jack Britton

2. Tony Zale vs. Rocky Marciano

You should all take a look at these fights. They don't get any tougher!

[BattlingNelson]

batteling nelson had a rival i forget his name...i know he fought joe gans a couple of times

You're probably thinking about Ad Wolgast.

https://www.boxingscene.com/hell-on-...old-west--3649

[Marchegiano]

You can see that happening as vigilante justice; let the old lady take a few cracks at the bastard. Hard to believe it was ever codified, even as 'sport.' But hell, who knows.

Sport would be a strong term. Entertainment I think is more correct.

I'll dig around and see if I can't find what book I pulled that **** from. Pretty sure it's pre-figg stuff. Pretty sure it's Talhoffer's but I'll have to look to be sure.