Author: Fred Henning

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-03

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780260767585

Excerpt from Fights for the Championship, Vol. 1: The Men and Their Times The orthodox style of a preface is to accuse oneself of all kinds of blunders and shortcomings; and to throw oneself upon the generosity of the 1eade1 In my brief address to the many good sports who may peruse my book, I am gomg to do nothing of the kind. If the old stories of the Ring I have attempted to invest with new interest fail to hold the leader spellbound, it is no fault of mine, so I make no apology, for the material has been culled from many sources, and the fabric is a patchwork, and nothing more nor less. To show temerity or shyness in the preface of a work upon prize-fighting would be out of place; so I simply ask my readers to take it for what it is w.orth Books there are upon the noble art which many have read. Boxiana, by Pierce Egan, and published in the early part of last century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.