Contents

Introduction

1 The Classical Golden Age

2 The English Golden Age

3 Pugilism and Style

4 ‘Fighting, Rightly Understood’

5 ‘Like Any Other Profession’

6 Fresh Hopes

7 Sport of the Future

8 Save Me, Jack Dempsey; Save Me, Joe Louis

9 King of the Hill, and Further Raging Bulls

Conclusion

References

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Photo Acknowledgements

Index