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prize fighting: see boxing boxing, sport of fighting with fists, also called pugilism and prizefighting.
Early HistoryDepicted on the walls of tombs at Beni Hasan in Egypt, dating from about 2000 to 1500 B.C., boxing is one of the oldest forms of competition. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Hopkins landed 10 more punches than Taylor, but that doesn't mean much because this is prize fighting, not amateur boxing in which quantity means more than quality. Spain devotes a chapter to temperance, one that follows a more general chapter on "social evils" such as Sabbath breaking, gambling, crime, and prize fighting. Gom, The Manly Art: Bare-knuckle Prize Fighting in America (Ithaca, 1986); George Chauncey, Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 (New York, 1994). |
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