Legendary Boxers Of The Golden Age: The portrait gallery of pugilists

Discover boxing's greatest era - from the 1850s to the 1890s - when bare-knuckle fighting had its heyday. Originally published in 1894 , this glorious facsimile documents and depicts the career histories of a group of pugilists of an almost mythical stature. The boxer's profiles are accompanied by charming illustrations from the period, created either from authentic photographs or sketches from real life.