Egan's Boxiana

Prizefight Reporting

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Review of Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World

David Snowdon's Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World was recently reviewed by the author and sports journalist Luke G. Williams on his blog. Click here to read the review. This book ...

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The Award-Winning Book

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Prizefight Arena: The Fives Court

Amongst other topics, Writing the Prizefight Pierce Egan's Boxiana World looks at this 'Human Equivalent of the Cockpit'.

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'Cribb's Parlour' in Pierce Egan's Life in London

A silver cup worth eighty guineas was presented to 'national hero' Tom Cribb (1811) in recognition of his two victories against the American challenger Molineaux.

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Pierce Egan, imaginative writer of the 'Boxiana Series', 'Life in London', 'Sporting Anecdotes', and 'Book of Sports' (not forgetting his slang dictionary).

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 * Prestigious Book Award Winner * Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan’s Boxiana World has been awarded the 2014 BSSH Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History.

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Bruce Lee quoted Pierce Egan's 'Boxiana' tactics:

‘Success in “milling on the retreat” takes good judgement of distance and the ability to stop in your retreat quickly and unexpectedly’.

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   TOM BELCHER (1811)

David Snowdon's Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World WINS the 2014 BSSH Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports History.

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"Come now Mr Darcy; lay aside the fencing foil (so very foreign!!!), and don the muffles for a spot of good British sparring".

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Regency Prizefighter JEM BELCHER.

'His agility, speed and craft earned him nickname Napoleon of the Ring'.

Belcher was champion 1800-03, and wore the 'Belcher neckerchief', which became 'all the go' amongst fashionable Georgian sporting men.

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A Prizefighting 'Warrior'

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Prizefighting Action Hero of the Day is --------- ALAIN DELON.

(Looks like he's been counted up to seven by referee, or perhaps he's just pointing, and shouting "Look it's Alain Delon!!!")

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Tom Cribb ('The Black Diamond')

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Latest Egan Slang

Word of the Day: CANVAS[S]   ----   Human skin.  'Delicacy of the canvass' was not a characteristic of the typical prizefight spectator.

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Writing the Prizefight

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Tom Belcher (1811)

Front cover for 'Writing the Prizefight: Pierce Egan's Boxiana World' (2013)

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Bruce Lee Track...