PUGILISTICA
THE HISTORY
OF
BRITISH BOXING
CONTAINING
LIVES OF THE MOST CELEBRATED PUGILISTS; FULL REPORTS OF THEIR BATTLES
FROM CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPERS, WITH AUTHENTIC PORTRAITS, PERSONAL
ANECDOTES, AND SKETCHES OF THE PRINCIPAL PATRONS OF THE PRIZE
RING, FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE RING FROM FIG
AND BROUGHTON, 1719-40, TO THE LAST CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE
BETWEEN KING AND HEENAN, IN DECEMBER 1863
BY HENRY DOWNES MILES EDITOR OF "THE SPORTSMAN'S MAGAZINE." AUTHOR OF "THE BOOK OF FIELD SPORTS," "ENGLISH COUNTRY LIFE," ETC., ETC.
VOLUME ONE
Edinburgh
JOHN GRANT
1906
