The British Boxing Film
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The British Boxing Film
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Author : Stephen Glynn
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-08-20
The British Boxing Film written by Stephen Glynn and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-20 with Performing Arts categories.
This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of the sport of boxing as depicted in British film. Through close textual analysis, production and reception histories and readings that establish social, cultural and political contexts, the book explores the ways in which prizefighters, amateur boxers, managers and supporters (from Regency gentry to East End gangsters) are represented on the British screen. Exploring a complex and controversial sport, it addresses not only the pain-versus-reward dilemma that boxing necessarily engenders, but also the frequently censorious attitude of those in authority, with boxing’s social development facilitating a wider study around issues of class, gender and race, latterly contesting the whole notion of ‘Britishness’. Varying in scope from Northern circuit comedies to London-based ‘ladsploitation’ films, from auteur entries by Alfred Hitchcock to programme fillers by E.J. Fancey, the boxing film also serves as a prism through which one can trace major historical shifts in the British film industry.
The Beginning Of Boxing In Britain 1300 1700
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Author : Arly Allen
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-09-22
The Beginning Of Boxing In Britain 1300 1700 written by Arly Allen and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-22 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Many books have discussed boxing in the ancient world, but this is the first to describe how boxing was reborn in the modern world. Modern boxing began in the Middle Ages in England as a criminal activity. It then became a sport supported by the kings and aristocracy. Later it was again outlawed and only in the 20th century has it become a sport popular around the world. This book describes how modern boxing began in England as an outgrowth of the native English sense of fair play. It demonstrates that boxing was the common man's alternative to the sword duel of honor, and argues that boxing and fair play helped Englishmen avoid the revolutions common to France, Italy and Germany during the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. English enthusiasm for boxing largely drove out the pistol and sword duels from English society. And although boxing remains a brutal sport, it has made England one of the safest countries in the world. It also examines how the rituals of boxing developed: the meaning of the parade to the ring; the meaning of the ring itself; why only two men fight at one time; why the fighters shake hands before each fight; why a boxing match is called a prizefight; and why a knock-down does not end the bout. Its sources include material from medieval manuscripts, and its notes and bibliography are extensive.
British Boxing
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Author : Denzil Batchelor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
British Boxing written by Denzil Batchelor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Boxing categories.
Bunce S Big Fat Short History Of British Boxing
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Author : Steve Bunce
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-05-18
Bunce S Big Fat Short History Of British Boxing written by Steve Bunce and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.
*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE BIGGEST FIGHTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS* 'Essential reading for anyone with even a fleeting interest in boxing' Boxing Monthly 'Nobody knows British fighters and their stories better than Steve Bunce' Daily Telegraph Boxing is Steve Bunce's game. He has filed thousands and thousands of fight reports from ringside. He has written millions and millions of words for national newspapers previewing boxing, profiling boxers and proselytising on the business. He has been the voice of British boxing on the airwaves, both radio and television, with an army of loyal fans. And now it's time to put those many years of experience into penning his history of the sport of kings on these isles. It's Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing. Starting in 1970, the beginning of modern boxing in Britain, Bunce takes us from Joe Bugner beating Henry Cooper to an explosion then in the sport's exposure to the wider British public, with 22 million watching Barry McGuigan win his world title on the BBC. All boxing royalty is here - Frank Bruno taking on Mike Tyson in Las Vegas; Benn, Watson, Eubank and Naseem; Ricky Hatton, Lennox Lewis and Calzaghe; Froch and Haye - through to a modern day situation where with fighters as diverse as Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, we have more world champions than ever before. And besides the fighters, there are the fixers, the managers, the trainers, the duckers and divers... Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing will have every high and impossible low, tragic deaths and fairy tales. It is a record of British boxing, British boxing people and fifty years of glory, heartache and drama. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ***** A fantastic history and a top collectors prize already... this book knocked me out in the first pages. ***** Must read book for boxing fans. ***** Been reading boxing books all my life, don't think I've enjoyed one more than this. ***** An absolute must for any British boxing fan.
Lonsdale S Belt
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Author : John Harding
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2016-09-01
Lonsdale S Belt written by John Harding and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
For more than one hundred years the Lonsdale Belt, first awarded in 1909 by the legendary National Sporting Club and since 1936 by the British Boxing Board of Control, has encircled the waists of all the great names in British boxing history: Freddie Welsh and Ted 'Kid' Lewis; Benny Lynch and Jimmy Wilde; Freddie Mills, Randolph Turpin and Terry Downes; Henry Cooper, Barry McGuigan, Lennox Lewis and Joe Calzaghe. Drawing upon a wealth of sources - interviews and reminiscences, boxing-board minutes and programmes, contemporary magazines and newspapers, even archive film, sports historian John Harding tells the absorbing and fascinating story of the belt's origins and development and how the system the belt represents has continued to provide an unambiguous measure of excellence in the chaotic and often murky world of British professional boxing.
Knockout
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Author : Leger Grindon
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2011-05-10
Knockout written by Leger Grindon and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-10 with Performing Arts categories.
Knockout: The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema is the first book-length study of the Hollywood boxing film, a popular movie entertainment since the 1930s, that includes such classics as Million Dollar Baby, Rocky, and Raging Bull. The boxer stands alongside the cowboy, the gangster, and the detective as a character that shaped America's ideas of manhood. Leger Grindon relates the Hollywood boxing film to the literature of Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and Clifford Odets; the influence of ring champions, particularly Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali; and controversies surrounding masculinity, race, and sports. Knockout breaks new ground in film genre study by focusing on the fundamental dramatic conflicts uniting both documentary and fictional films with compelling social concerns. The boxing film portrays more than the rise and fall of a champion; it exposes the body in order to reveal the spirit. Not simply a brute, the screen boxer dramatizes conflicts and aspirations central to an American audience's experience. This book features chapters on the conventions of the boxing film, the history of the genre and its relationship to famous ring champions, and self-contained treatments of thirty-two individual films including a chapter devoted to Raging Bull.
Pugilistica
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Author : Henry Downes Miles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1906
Pugilistica written by Henry Downes Miles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1906 with Boxing categories.
Pugilistica The History Of British Boxing
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Author : Henry Downes Miles
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-09-05
Pugilistica The History Of British Boxing written by Henry Downes Miles and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-05 with Fiction categories.
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When The Gloves Came Off
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Author : Robin McGibbon
language : en
Publisher: Robson
Release Date : 2008-09-01
When The Gloves Came Off written by Robin McGibbon and has been published by Robson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Billy Walker was a British sporting hero – a supremely courageous fighter with film star looks, who became a household name after millions of TV viewers saw him knock out a giant American in less than a minute. Adored by men and women alike, Billy was the biggest box-office attraction in British boxing history, whose record for the number of successive Wembley sell-outs has never been beaten. He had a sumptuous home in Belgravia, filled with champagne and fine wines. He drove top-of-the-range sports cars. And, as one of the most famous faces in the land, he revelled in all the Swinging Sixties had to offer, including the company of beautiful women. When his boxing days were over, after fighting Henry Cooper for the British title, Billy continued to live the way he had fought – fast and furious, with no punches pulled. He became a millionaire, then nearly went broke. He has been married and divorced twice – and tragically widowed. Now married for the fourth time, the famous smile is back. Billy’s story of his exceptional, exhilarating life - written in collaboration with Robin McGibbon - is an enthralling read. Disarmingly candid, the cheerful Cockney bares his soul, revealing the triumphs and tragedies – in and out of the ring – that he always kept hidden behind the cheery smile. It is a riveting, uplifting story of an East End kid with an unquenchable lust for fun, who never wanted to fight, but whose bravery and engaging personality made him the richest, most popular, fighter of his generation.
Pugilistica
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Author : Henry downes Miles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1906
Pugilistica written by Henry downes Miles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1906 with categories.