CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Key to Abbreviations

Weight Divisions

Introduction

CHAPTER 1
BARE-KNUCKLE BRUISERS

CHAPTER 2
THE MELTING POT SPORT

CHAPTER 3
PIONEERS OF PUGILISM: THE EARLY QUEENSBERRY ERA, 1892–1919

CHAPTER 4
GOLDEN AGE GLADIATORS: 1920–1940

CHAPTER 5
WAR AND PEACE: 1941–1963

CHAPTER 6
NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER’S SPORT: BOXING FROM THE 1960S TO THE PRESENT

Appendix

Endnotes

Bibliography