Pugilistically Inclined

Black Boxing Pioneers I: Richmond, Molineaux, and Godfrey


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On today’s episode we discuss black boxing pioneers in England and America, from 1800 to roughly 1890. This is the first in a series of three episodes based on Louis Moore’s book I Fight for a Living: Boxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880-1915. For this episode, we focus primarily on Bill Richmond, Tom Molineaux, and George Godfrey. For this installment, we also relied quite a bit on Luke G. Williams book Richmond Unchained. You can find links to purchase both books in the show notes.
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Pugilistically InclinedBy Dr. Mac Ross