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Dave Crowley, British boxer, 1938. Crowley (1910-1974) fought unsuccessfully for the World Featherweight Championship in 1936, losing by a knockout to Americas Mile Belloise
James J Braddock, Irish-American boxer, 1938. Braddock (1905-1974) shocked the boxing world when he defeated World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer on points in 1935
Jack Kid Berg, English boxer, 1938. Born Judah Bergman in Stepney in Londons East End, Jack Kid Berg (1909-1991) won the world light-welterweight championship in 1930 when he defeated American
Lou Ambers, American boxer, 1938. Ambers (1913-1995) fought at lightweight in a career that featured 88 wins, 8 losses and 6 draws between 1932 and 1941
Henry Armstrong, American boxer, 1938. Regarded as one of the greatest fighters in boxing history, Armstrong (1912-1988) won his first world title, at featherweight, in 1937
Max Baer, American boxer, 1938. Baer (1909-1959) won the World Heavyweight Championship in 1934 when he knocked out defending champion Primo Carnera
James Figg, prize fighter, c19th century. Artist: R GravesJames Figg, prize fighter, c19th century
Bare-knuckle boxing, c18th century
St George and the Dragon and Mademoiselle Riposting, 1789. Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee Eon de Beaumont (1728-1810)
The Royal Academy, 1786. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)
The bruising match, 1730. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)
December - Boxing Day, 19th century. Artist: George CruikshankDecember - Boxing Day, 19th century
Amateur boxing competition between Germany and Poland, 1936. A print from Olympia 1936, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Volume I, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Hamburg, 1936
Victor McLaglen, British boxer and actor, 1934-1935. McLaglen travelled to Hollywood in the 1920s. He won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Informer (1935)
Carl Brisson, Danish born actor, 1934-1935. Born Carl Pederson in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1893, Brisson was a professional boxer before he became a Hollywood actor
Phorbas, 1615. Artist: Leonard GaultierPhorbas, 1615. A plate from Les Images Ou Tableaux De Platte Peinture Des Deux Philostrates Sophistes Grecs, by Blaise de Vigenere, Paris, 1615. Fround in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere
Both Members of This Club, 1909. Artist: George Wesley BellowsBoth Members of This Club, 1909. Inspired by fights at Tom Sharkeys Athletic Club in New York. At the time, public boxing matches were illegal in the city
Bronze statue of a boxer, a Roman copy of a Greek original by Apollonius. Now in the National Museum in Rome
Roman Hellenistic-style sculpture of a boxer, at the Vatican Museums
Baked clay plaque of two boxers fighting, while musicians play, from Larsa, Iraq, 2000BC-1750BCBaked clay plaque of two boxers fighting, while musicians play the drums and clapper, from Larsa, Iraq, 2000BC-1750BC. From the British Museums collection
Roman mosaic of boxers with wrapped hands, frm the Bardo Museum in Tunis (Carthage)
Mr. Bright offers to give satisfaction to the Liberal Party, 1858. Mr John Bright (on the left) had made a speech at Manchester in which he forcefully reiterated his well-known views on the subjects
The Boxers from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: John ThompsonThe Boxers from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836
Boxing, from Worlds Dudes series (N31) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888