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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