Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 2 (of 3) / Containing Lives of the Most Celebrated Pugilists; Full Reports of Their Battles from Contemporary Newspapers, With Authentic Portraits, Personal Anecdotes, and Sketches of the Principal Patrons of the Prize Ring, Forming a Complete History of the Ring from Fig and Broughton, 1719-1740, to the Last Championship Battle Between King and Heenan, in December 1863

by Henry Downes Miles

THESE RECORDS OF THE

COURAGE, SKILL, FORBEARANCE AND FORTITUDE

OF

BRITISH BOXERS

ARE APPROPRIATELY DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHOR.

Wood Green, August, 1880.

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PREFACE TO VOLUME II.

The favour with which the first volume of Pugilistica has been received gives the author encouraging hope that the present instalment of his history will prove yet more interesting and acceptable.