| | PAGE |
| PREFACE | vii |
| INTRODUCTION | xix |
| PART I.—KNUCKLES |
| | CHAP. |
| I. | JOHN BROUGHTON AND JACK SLACK | 3 |
| II. | TOM JOHNSON AND ISAAC PERRINS | 7 |
| III. | RICHARD HUMPHRIES, DANIEL MENDOZA, AND JOHN JACKSON | 12 |
| IV. | JEM BELCHER | 23 |
| V. | JEM BELCHER AND TOM CRIBB | 30 |
| VI. | JOHN GULLEY | 34 |
| VII. | JEM BELCHER’S LAST FIGHT | 41 |
| VIII. | TOM CRIBB AND MOLINEUX | 44 |
| IX. | JACK SCROGGINS AND NED TURNER | 55 |
| X. | JACK RANDALL AND NED TURNER | 60 |
| XI. | BILL NEATE AND TOM HICKMAN | 64 |
| XII. | TOM SPRING AND BILL NEATE | 68 |
| XIII. | TOM SPRING AND JACK LANGAN | 72 |
| XIV. | DEAF BURKE AND SIMON BYRNE | 80 |
| XV. | BENDIGO AND DEAF BURKE | 85 |
| XVI. | YANKEE SULLIVAN AND HAMMER LANE | 88 |
| XVII. | BENDIGO AND BEN CAUNT | 93 |
| XVIII. | NAT LANGHAM AND TOM SAYERS | 99 |
| XIX. | TOM SAYERS AND THE TIPTON SLASHER | 102 |
| XX. | TOM SAYERS AND THE BENICIA BOY | 107 |
| PART II.—GLOVES |
| I. | PETER JACKSON AND FRANK SLAVIN | 121 |
| II. | JAMES J. CORBETT AND JOHN L. SULLIVAN | 127 |
| III. | ROBERT FITZSIMMONS AND JAMES J. CORBETT | 133 |
| IV. | JAMES J. JEFFERIES AND ROBERT FITZSIMMONS | 139 |
| V. | TOMMY BURNS AND JACK JOHNSON | 147 |
| VI. | TOMMY BURNS AND JOE BECKETT | 154 |
| VII. | JACK JOHNSON AND JAMES J. JEFFERIES | 158 |
| VIII. | GEORGES CARPENTIER AND BOMBARDIER WELLS | 163 |
| IX. | JOE BECKETT AND BOMBARDIER WELLS | 170 |
| X. | GEORGES CARPENTIER AND JEFF SMITH | 176 |
| XI. | JACK DEMPSEY AND GEORGES CARPENTIER | 183 |
| XII. | GEORGES CARPENTIER AND GEORGE COOK | 189 |
| XIII. | LITTLE MEN | 193 |
| XIV. | AN AFTERTHOUGHT | 201 |
| APPENDIX: RULES OF THE RING, ETC. | 204 |
| INDEX | 210 |
