Belsize Boxing Club

“The Belsize Boxing Club: the Toffs' Institution that Transformed Boxing” contains the most comprehensive analysis of the evolution of amateur boxing, ever published.

This history of the Belsize Boxing Club contains never-before published records of the contests and exhibitions of late nineteenth and early twentieth century icons of amateur boxing.

 

It describes the development of the amateur sport following the demise of prize fighting, to its social acceptability by the New Victorians, who introduced the amateur sports of rowing, athletics, cricket and boxing.

It costs £25, plus £5 p. & p. It has 640 pages - 167,000 words - and is well illustrated. It has an index consisting of 3,500 entries.

It has been commended by undisputed former world welterweight champion John H. Stracey and two former icons of national boxing journalism - Srikumar Sen of the Times, and Colin Hart of the Sun.  Each copy is cellophane wrapped, though the author will unseal it if anyone wanted a signed copy.

“The Belsize Boxing Club: the Toffs' Institution that Transformed Boxing”, published by The Ludo Press Ltd is available by emailing the author, Kevin Batchelor, below .