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… opposed Humphreys to Mendoza (9 January 1788 at Odiham, Hampshire) originated from a dispute that was detailed in the newspapers. The antipathy that animated both men on the ring was an important aspect of the narrative: ‘[…] in the … thread between boxing encounters. Indeed, prize fighters would invite their contesters to a new boxing match through the newspapers. Newspaper discourses played an important part in shaping the nineteenth-century boxing culture as a manly … of socialisation: through schools, boxing manuals and public matches. The physiological argument was thus raised by some newspapers: It is not very extraordinary, that, after so long a war, the elegant amusement of boxing should become …
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