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Been studying a lot of boxing history of late. The early to mid 20th century fights fascinate me. Here’s some of the classic match ups I have drawn.

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2021-08-06

Heavyweight boxing legend ‘Gentleman Jim’ Corbett! 🥊

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2021-07-23

“The Fight of the Century” Jim Jeffries vs Jack Johnson. Johnson would stop Jeffries in the 15th round and maintain his status as Heavyweight Champion of the world.

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2021-06-24

Max Schmeling 🇩🇪 vs Joe Louis 🇺🇸 II, June 22nd, 1938.

Can’t fathom how huge this fight would’ve been with WW2 looming.

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2021-06-05

🥊 Jack Johnson 🥊

The first African American world heavyweight boxing champion.

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2020-11-30

Writing my upcoming thesis chapter will be interesting in the current context. The two contests between Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux in 1810 and 1811, were racially loaded encounters, with the laurels of the championship, and racial pride at stake.

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2020-06-11

Who said Pugilists can't be romantic! Buckhorse (active between 1720 and 1750) was a formidable opponent in the ring, and it seems he was an equally formidable romantic.

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2020-02-28