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| Author | : Bob Mee |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2000-09 |
| Genre | : Boxers (Sports) |
| ISBN | : 9780002189668 |
This text takes a look at the forgotten world of bare-knuckle prize-fighting, from the heyday of pugilism in the 18th century, to its extinction at the end of the 19th, and its re-emergence this century in the form of illegal underground bouts.
| Author | : Nate Cleveland |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2004-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0595311156 |
On the brink of full-fledged adulthood, Nick James doesn't hear a barbaric roar for heroics in his head--but his friends sure do. When a severed arm is mysteriously found in the woods where they spent their summers as kids, Nick and his friends, lead by the irresistible Flint, seem determined to pull a phantom out of the realm of delusion and into the real world. Suspecting that the supposed specter they witnessed as teenagers is responsible for the severed arm, the five friends take to the wild for a camping reunion. And when a Lovecraftian cult arrives proclaiming the end of the world, Nick feels things are slipping into the surreal--exactly where Flint wants them to be. Bare Hands, Numb Skulls is a slice of pulp mythology that takes timeless motifs into off beat and unexpected directions. It explores the dynamics of pack buddy-dom and the growing pains of friendship. Nick may not share his friends' primitive lust for risk, but he may yet come to admire their willingness to rush in with the resurrected hope that monsters still lurk, that epic adventure still lives, even in the seemingly sterile woodlands of rural America.
| Author | : Bartley Gorman |
| Publisher | : ABRAMS |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2011-08-30 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1468303104 |
As bareknuckle fighting is poised to steal MMA’s spotlight, its greatest modern-day champion tells his story of rising to the top in the brutal sport. Steeped in the tradition of his Irish Traveller ancestry, Bartley Gorman also embraced its dangerous subculture: bareknuckle fighting. Though it gave birth to boxing as we know it today, the sport has remained underground—and illegal in most developed countries. But that didn’t stop Gorman from rising through the prize-fighting ranks of Great Britain and Ireland and staying undefeated for twenty years. Now, through Gorman’s thrilling memoir, readers get a front row view of the punches exchanged in back parking lots and fair grounds, the gritty characters populating the fight circles, and the hazards facing a sought after champion. “A rare glimpse into a secret world,” Bareknuckle celebrates one man’s mastery of fighting in its purest form and heralds the rebirth of one of the oldest combat sports in history (The Independent on Sunday). “Every page shines. A tremendous book.” —Traveller Magazine “Well-written and interesting.” —Boxing News
| Author | : Henry Roi |
| Publisher | : Next Chapter |
| Total Pages | : 508 |
| Release | : 2022-02-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
Clarice "Shocker" Ares retired from a sensational pro-boxing career to focus on her family and growing mechanic business. In an instant, everything she has worked for is shattered, when the police find a shipment of drugs in their shop, and wrongfully send Clarice and her husband to prison. Incarcerated and desperate after court appeals are denied, Clarice must become the Shocker once more, challenging rival convicts in a deadly prison fight ring to finance her escape. Battling alongside her, armed with his brilliant electronics wizardry, Clarice's husband Ace manipulates the court system to arrange a daring prison break. When their abilities are put to the ultimate test, will they be able to exact their revenge - and regain freedom? This book contains adult content and is not recommended for readers under the age of 18.
| Author | : Robert E. Howard |
| Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 314 |
| Release | : 2004-11-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 080951124X |
It is impossible to ignore the sheer number of boxing stories that Robert E. Howard wrote. Serious or funny, spooky or adventurous, these stories represent a fierce creative outburst that would pave the way later for his western hero, Breckenridge Elkins. In these stories we see Howard's craft pushed from mere construction to passionate involvement. He took all of his interests and peppered them through the various boxing stories. He wrote them faster than the magazine could print them. Clearly, he loved what he was doing. When Howard could write no more, he went on to draft Conan and the aforementioned Elkins, who owes much in style and content to the Costigan stories. The fight stories are a joy to read and reread. They are funny, bawdy, picaresque, and violent. Presented here, as they were originally printed, they perfectly showcase why Robert E. Howard was one of the greatest adventure writers of the 20th century.
| Author | : Robert Charles Davis |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 242 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Battles |
| ISBN | : 0195084047 |
"The War of the Fists" is a study of 17th-century worker culture in the city of Venice, focusing on the mock battles, or "battagliole", which the town's two popular factions waged on public bridges. Their importance in the city's plebeian life makes bridge battles an extremely valuable point of entry for exploring structures of Venetian popular culture, a task which Robert Davis attempts at several levels.
| Author | : Joseph S. Page |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2019-08-12 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1476677646 |
Hall of Fame middleweight prizefighter John Edward Kelly, better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, was one of the most popular athletes in the United States during the late 19th century. To many observers, Dempsey is one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in ring history. Inside the ropes, he was fearless, poised, quick, agile, and had terrific punching power with both hands. His story is rich--full of amazing highs and terrible lows. He was a poor immigrant Irish boy who scaled great heights to become one of this nation's first sports celebrities. He became a household name, wealthy and popular. But much too soon, it all came crashing down. His violent profession, alcoholism, mental illness, and tuberculosis left little to recognize of the valiant hero of so many battles.
| Author | : Michael John |
| Publisher | : Gatekeeper Press |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2020-03-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0648538125 |
Follow the life of Jack Jeffery from his birth under a Kurrajong tree in country Victoria, to the hell of fighting the Japanese on the deadly Kokoda Track. On his life journey Jack finds love, becomes a shearer and a promising tent boxer. Through the ups and downs of life Jack learns quickly there is nothing more important than sticking up for a mate when he is in a jam. In the hell that was the Kokoda Track in WW 2, all his life’s lessons will be tested when he is faced by wave after wave of battle-hardened Japanese soldiers.
| Author | : Gilbert Frankau |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 1921 |
| Genre | : Fantasy fiction, English |
| ISBN | : |
