Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing: Volume 3

By Henry Downes Miles

Book Overview

The Reader who has attentively accompanied us through the biographies which form the contents of our first and second volumes will not find the memoirs in this third and concluding volume of less interest and variety of incident than the former.The period comprised herein extends from the year 1835 (the first appearance of Bendigo), and contains the battles of Caunt, Nick Ward, Deaf Burke, William Perry (the ―Tipton‖), Harry Broome, Tom Paddock, Harry Or-me, Aaron Jones, Nat Langham, Tom Sayers, and Jem Mace, closing with the last Championship fight between Tom King and John Camel Heenan, on the 10th of De-cember, 1863.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798586436665
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.8" x 6.0"