pugilism
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Pugilism, he believed, could be his way out, although training to be a boxer in prison was not easy.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
Pugilism came easily to Louis, but he was not a natural celebrity.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor of Pugilism; who, I trust, still retains the strength and symmetry of his model of a form, together with his good humour, and athletic as well as mental accomplishments.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
Pugilism has been the disgrace of our land, and our nobility and gentry have not been ashamed to patronize it.
From The Gipsies' Advocate or, Observations on the Origin, Character, Manners, and Habits of The English Gipsies by Crabb, James
For the history of pugilism in classic antiquity and an account of modern prize-fighting see Pugilism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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