Wales and its Boxers

The Fighting Tradition

Editor(s) Peter Stead,Gareth Williams

Language: English

Genre(s): Welsh Interest

  • November 2008 · 192 pages ·234x156mm

  • · Hardback - 9780708319154

For centuries there had been fistfighters, and from the early days of industry it was apparent that the Welsh had a particular passion for boxing. This book traces that passion through the lives of champions, by recalling their great bouts and by showing how moments of triumph were celebrated by whole communities.