Boxing [ Games & Sports ]
… publications and debates about the sport. Pugilism, in spite of its violence, was progressively presented as a sociable entertainment, a disciplined pastime, that allowed the cultivation of manly virtues. To legitimize boxing, various … publications and debates about the sport. Pugilism, in spite of its violence, was progressively presented as a sociable entertainment, a disciplined pastime, that allowed the cultivation of manly virtues. To legitimize boxing, various … pp. 213-235. 6 . Edward Barry, A Letter on the Practice of Boxing (London: A. Grant, 1789), p.28. A national and manly entertainment William Cobbett ‘In Defense of Boxing’ (1805) During the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, the debates on …
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