Bare Knuckle Boxing

[funso banjo baby]

im doing a bit of work surrounding the bare knuckle days...in particular around the regency period in britain 1800-1825

im hoping to read up on bob mees book.

ive got stuff about Pierce Egan

can anyone give me other source material or info about this era.

is anyone familiar with the journal Boxiana that egan wrote for ?


cheers my friends

[raylawpc]

im doing a bit of work surrounding the bare knuckle days...in particular around the regency period in britain 1800-1825

im hoping to read up on bob mees book.

ive got stuff about Pierce Egan

can anyone give me other source material or info about this era.

is anyone familiar with the journal Boxiana that egan wrote for ?


cheers my friends

Boxiana wasn't a journal; it was a book. The reprint is now available on amazon.

A participant on this website - senya13 - has done extensive research in this era. I hope he responds, as I'm sure he has several suggestions for resources. (I'm interested in what he suggests, too.)

[Senya13]

There are too many sources to list here. The ones that are available for free:

Henry Downes Miles - Pugilistica (1906)
volume I
volume II

Fred Henning - Fights for the Championship - The Men and Their Times (1902)
volume I
volume II

Frank Louis Dowling - Fistiana; or the Oracle of the Ring (1841 edition)

William Oxberry - Pancratia, or a History of Pugilism (1812)

[funso banjo baby]

nice one

[robert.snell1]

I have quite a bit of material on this subject and if you email me i will send it to you

[funso banjo baby]

thanks for all the info

i'll def come to you if i have any questions

[robert.snell1]

no problem mate and will start sending more material today