CONTENTS

PAGE
[PREFACE]vii
[INTRODUCTION]xix
PART I.—KNUCKLES
CHAP.
I.[JOHN BROUGHTON AND JACK SLACK]3
II.[TOM JOHNSON AND ISAAC PERRINS]7
III.[RICHARD HUMPHRIES, DANIEL MENDOZA, AND JOHN JACKSON]12
IV.[JEM BELCHER]23
V.[JEM BELCHER AND TOM CRIBB]30
VI.[JOHN GULLEY]34
VII.[JEM BELCHER’S LAST FIGHT]41
VIII.[TOM CRIBB AND MOLINEUX]44
IX.[JACK SCROGGINS AND NED TURNER]55
X.[JACK RANDALL AND NED TURNER]60
XI.[BILL NEATE AND TOM HICKMAN]64
XII.[TOM SPRING AND BILL NEATE]68
XIII.[TOM SPRING AND JACK LANGAN]72
XIV.[DEAF BURKE AND SIMON BYRNE]80
XV.[BENDIGO AND DEAF BURKE]85
XVI.[YANKEE SULLIVAN AND HAMMER LANE]88
XVII.[BENDIGO AND BEN CAUNT]93
XVIII.[NAT LANGHAM AND TOM SAYERS]99
XIX.[TOM SAYERS AND THE TIPTON SLASHER]102
XX.[TOM SAYERS AND THE BENICIA BOY]107
PART II.—GLOVES
I.[PETER JACKSON AND FRANK SLAVIN]121
II.[JAMES J. CORBETT AND JOHN L. SULLIVAN]127
III.[ROBERT FITZSIMMONS AND JAMES J. CORBETT]133
IV.[JAMES J. JEFFERIES AND ROBERT FITZSIMMONS]139
V.[TOMMY BURNS AND JACK JOHNSON]147
VI.[TOMMY BURNS AND JOE BECKETT]154
VII.[JACK JOHNSON AND JAMES J. JEFFERIES]158
VIII.[GEORGES CARPENTIER AND BOMBARDIER WELLS]163
IX.[JOE BECKETT AND BOMBARDIER WELLS]170
X.[GEORGES CARPENTIER AND JEFF SMITH]176
XI.[JACK DEMPSEY AND GEORGES CARPENTIER]183
XII.[GEORGES CARPENTIER AND GEORGE COOK]189
XIII.[LITTLE MEN]193
XIV.[AN AFTERTHOUGHT]201
[APPENDIX: RULES OF THE RING, ETC.]204
[INDEX]210