Download or read book Pugilistica written by Henry Downes Miles and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1906 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, 1719-40, to the last championship battle between King and Heenan, in December 1863