Migrants, minorities, and the history of British boxing insiders, outsiders, and ringsiders David Dee

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dee, David (David Gareth), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxing--Great Britain--History.

Boxing.

Athletes, Black--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Athletes, Black.

Racism in sports--Great Britain--History.

Racism in sports.

Boxing--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press USA, 2026.

Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

This text offers a powerful reappraisal of the history of British boxing, revealing how the sport became both a platform for visibility and a site of struggle for migrants and minority individuals and communities. Focusing on the lived experiences of fighters, managers, promoters, and spectators, it traces how boxing intersected with issues of identity, integration, racism, and economic survival in modern Britain

Contents:

Cover

Migrants, Minorities, and the History of British Boxing : Insiders, Outsiders, and Ringsiders

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction: The Opening Round

PART 1 : INTEGRATION

1 : National Heroes (1)-Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century

2: National Heroes (2)-Twentieth Century

3 : The Public Image of Black Boxers (1)-Frank Bruno

4: The Public Image of Black Boxers (2)-From Bill Richmond to Chris Eubank

5: Role Models and 'Representatives'

6: Youth and Amateur Boxing

PART 2 : IDENTITY

7 : Fluid Identities

8: 'Plastic' Brits?

9: What's in a Name?

10: Ethnic Heroes

11: Personal/Hidden Identity(ies)

12: Local Identities

PART 3 : ECONOMICS

13 : A 'Living of a Kind'

14: Migrant Workers (1)-Before 1948

15: Migrant Workers (2)-Commonwealth Fighters, 1948-70

16: The Myth of Social Mobility

17: Ethnic Economic Inflections

18: Minority Entrepreneurs

PART 4 : RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION

19 : The 'Colour Bar' (1)-The Context and Introduction of the 'Colour Bar'

20: The 'Colour Bar' (2)-The 'Colour Bar' in Operation, 1911-39

21: The 'Colour Bar' (3)-The End (?) of the 'Colour Bar', 1939-80

22 : The 'Nasty Streak': Press Racism(s)

23: Other Racism(s)

24: Responding to Racism

Conclusion: The Final Bell

Bibliography

Archival Materials

De Montfort University, Special Collections

Jewish Museum, London

London Metropolitan Archives

Manchester Archives and Local Studies

Manchester Jewish Museum

National Archives, Kew

National Fairground and Circus Archive, University of Sheffield

Royal Albert Hall

University of Southampton, Special Collections

Working Class Movement Library

Newspapers and Periodicals

Autobiographies, Biographies, and Memoirs

Published Primary Sources

Published Secondary Sources

Unpublished Materials

Films

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 25, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191982910

0191982911

9780192890689

0192890689

OCLC:

1593675615

Publisher Number:

CIPO000401080

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license