Before baseball, football and basketball had a nationwide following, sports fans clamored to boxing. Duels in the squared circle drew huge crowds as boxing was one of the top sports in our great nation. It its infancy, boxing featured bare knuckled fighters. Through the years, boxing gloves were established.
Police Budget Famous Fights was created at the turn of the century and had in-depth stories about what was happening in the sport.
Offered is the one of the most comprehensive Famous Fights Police Budget publications - 103 by our count. Each is bound. We must report the leather cover and Tom Sayers Champion of England cover are detached.
Each of the publications has detailed illustrations from fights of a bygone era.
Included are the following:
Famous Fights Police Budget Edition 190l-1903
Vol. No. Pages Date Cover Illustration Caption
I. 1. 1-16, 3-4-01 Tom Sayers Champion of England (cover page detached)
I. 2. 17-32, 3-11-01 John Gamel Heenan
I. 3. 33-48, 3-18-01 Ada Isaacs Menken
I. 4. 49-64, 3-25-01 Johnnie Gideon
I. 5. 65-80, 4-1-01 Heenan Captured by the Constables
I. 6. 81-96, 4-8-01 Tom Went Up to Heenan’s Corner
I. 7. 97-112, 4-15-01 Cutting the Rope
I. 8. (missing)
I. 9. 129-144m 4-29-01 The Fight Between Frank Slavin and Jem Smith
I. 10. 145-160, 5-6-01 Jem Mace
I. 11. 161-176, 5-13-01 John L. Sullivan
I. 1. 177-192, 5-20-01 Queen Victoria Watching Sullivan Training
I. 13. 193-208, 5-27-01 The Opening Round of the Fight
2. 14. 209-224, 6-3-01 Tom Cribb’s First Defeat of Molineaux
2. 15. 225-240, 6-10-01 Tom Cribb’s Second Battle with Molineaux
2. 16. 241-256, Tom King
2. 17. 257-272, Bang, Bang, Went Jem’s Double-Barrel Into His Bruised
And Bleeding Face
2. 18. 273-288, The First Fight Between Tom Spring and Jack Langan
2. 19. 289-304, Tom Spring’s Second Fight with Jack Langan
2. 20. 305-320, The Fight Between Dick Burge and Jem Carney
2. 21. 321-336, The First and Last Round of the Fight
2. 22. 337-352, Nat Langham
2. 23. 353-368, Caught Him with Both Arms Around the Waist, and Threw
Him on the Stage
2. 24. 369-384, Carney Banged the Right on the Jaw With All His Force
2. 25. 385-400, Deaf Burke
2. 26. 401-416, Deaf Burke Defeats Tom O’Connell
3. 27. 1-16, The First Battle Between Tom Paddock and Harry Paulson
3. 28. 17-32, The Second Fight Between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock
3. 29. 33-48, As Fair a Floorer As Was Ever Seen
3. 30. 49-64, The Next Moment They Were Locked Together
3. 31. 65-80, He Caught Tom a Smack Under the Chin
3. 32. 81-96, Tried to Strangle His Man on the Ropes
3. 33. 97-112, The Fight Between Dick Curtis and Jack Perkins
3. 34. 113-128, Jim Corbett
3. 35. 129-144, The Fight Between Tom Sayers and Harry Paulson
3. 36. 145-160, The Fight Between Pooley Mace and Louis Gray
3. 37. 161-176, The Fight Between Tom Spring and Bill Neate
3. 38. 177-192, The Second Fight Between Bendigo and Ben Caunt
3. 39. 193-208, The Final Battle Between Bendigo and Ben Caunt
4. 40. 1-16, The Battle Between Jem Mace and Bob Travers
4. 41. 17-32, The First Battle Between John Gully and Bob Gregson
4. 42. 33-48, The Great Fight Between Johnny Broome and Johnny Hannan
4. 43. 49-64, The Fight Between Peter Jackson and James J. Corbett
4. 44. 65-80, The First Fight Between Jack Randall and Jack Martin
4. 45. 81-96, The Second Battle Between Harry Orme and Aaron Jones
4. 46. 97-112, The End of the Corbett and Mitchell Fight
4. 47. 113-128, The Fight Between Young Dutch Sam and Dick Davis
4. 48. 129-144, The Second Fight Between Tom Sayers and Aaron Jones
4. 49. 145-160, The Fight Between Harry Broome and Tom Paddock
4. 50. 161-176, The Third Fight Between Dan Mendoza and Richard Humphries
4. 51. 177-192, The Battle Between Ben Caunt and Brassey
4. 52. 193-208, The Fight Between Owen Swift and Hammer Lane
5. 53. 1-16, The Great Fight Between Tom Cribb and Bob Gregson
5. 54. 17-32, The Magnificent Battle Between Nat Langham and Harry Orme
5. 55. 33-48, The Great Battle Between Jem Mace and Sam Hurst
5. 56. 49-64, The Great Battle Between Bendigo and Tom Paddock
5. 57. 65-80, The Great Battle Between Tom Sayers and William Perry
5. 58. 81-96, The Fatal Battle Between Simon Byrne and Sandy McKay
5. 59. 97-112, The Great Battle Between Tom Spring and Ned Painter
5. 60. 113-128, The Great Battle Between Young Molineaux And Harry Preston
5. 61. 129-144, The First Fight Between Johnson and Michael Ryan
5. 62. 145-160, The Second Fight Between Johnson and Michael Ryan
5. 63. 161-176, Tom Johnson Knocks Out Big Ben Brain
5. 64. 177-192, The Fight Between Couper and Bendoff
5. 65. 193-208, The Sensational Battle Between Alec Reid and Jack Perkins
6. 66. 1-16, The Fight Between Nat Langham and Ben Caunt
6. 67. 17-32, The First Battle Between Jem Mace and Tom King
6. 68. 33-48, The Fight Between Sam Chifney and Dick Goodisson
6. 69. 49-64, James Corbett
6. 70. 65-80, Bob Fitzsimmons
6. 71. 81-96, The Second Battle Between Hammer Lane and Tass Parker
6. 72. 97-112, The Fight for One Thousand Guineas Between
Tom Cannon and Josh Hudson
6. 73. 113-128, The Fight Between Young Molineaux and Will Renwick
6. 74. 129-144, The Fight Between Tom Sayers and Bill Benjamin
6. 75. 145-160, The Fatal Fight Between Tom Tyne and George Earle
6. 76. 161-176, The First Fight Between Tom Belcher and Dan Dogherty
6. 77. 177-192, Tom Belcher’s Second Fight with Dan Dogherty
6. 78. 193-208, The Second Fight Between Aaron Jones and
Tom Paddock
7. 79. 1-16, The Fight Between Tom Sayers and Tom Paddock
7. 80. 17-32, The Great Fight Between Mr. Alexander Burke and Mr. Richard Chilcott
7. 81. 33-48, The Grand Battle Between Hammer Lane and Young Molineux
7. 82. 49-64, The Great Battle Between Tom Sayers and Bob Brettle
7. 83. 65-80, The First Great Battle Between Jim Jeffries and Bob Fitzsimmons
7. 84. 81-96, The First Fight Between Jem Ward and Phil Sampson
7. 85. 97-112, The Second Fight Between Jem Ward and Phil Sampson
7. 86. 113-128, The Great Fight Between John Morrissey and John C. Heenan
7. 87. 129-144, The Great Fight Between Tom Molineaux and Will Fuller
7. 88. 145-160, The Fight Between Mendoza and Fitzgerald
7. 89. 161-176, The Fight Between “White-headed Bob” and Ned Neal
7. 90. 177-192, The Fight Between Tom Oliver and Ben Burn
7. 91. 193-208, The Fight Between Peter Jackson and Frank Slavin
8. 92. 1-16, The Fight Between Bendigo and Young Langan
8. 93. 17-32, The Fight Between Deaf Burke and Ned Murphy
8. 94. 33-48, The Fight Between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain
8. 95. 49-64, Bill Richmond’s Battle With “Fighting Youssop.”
8. 96. 65-80, The Fight Between Bill Richmond and Tom Cribb
8. 97. 81-96, The Fight Between Harry Jones and Jack Perkins
8. 98. 97-112, The Fight Between Crow Lockett and Luke Rogers
8. 99. 113-128, The Fight Between Owen Swift and Jem Cooper
8. 100. 129-144, The Fight Between Paddy Gill and George Holden
8. 101. 145-160, The Fight Between Jem Smith and Alf Greenfield
8. 102. 161-176, The Fatal Fight Between Ned Brown and Harry Scott
8. 103. 177-192, The Fight Between Tom Spring and Jack Stringer
8. 104. 193-208, The Fight Between Young Dutch Sam and Gipsy Cooper
Volume 1, number 1 through Volume 2, number 20 was published by Frank Shaw.
Volume 2, number 21 through Volume 8, number 104 was published by Harold Furniss.
Volume l, Number 1 is dated March 4, 1901.