Stars and Scars traces the development of the Jewish boxing scene
in London from the 1760s to more recent times. Jeff Jones examines
the role that Jewish boxers played in both the progression of the
sport itself and the influence they had on increasing the standing
of the Jewish community in London. Starting with the first Jewish
boxing stars of the bare-knuckle days, the story winds its way
through the prize fighting of the late eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries and its links to the infamous Jewish street gangs of the
era. It chronicles the rise of the great London Jewish boxers at
the turn of the twentieth century and the many Jewish boys’
clubs, boxing clubs and gyms that produced a huge number of fine
boxers through the first half of the twentieth century. The links
to the community in which they, and boxing generally, flourished,
is extensively explored. Jeff Jones has produced a comprehensive
picture of the London Jewish boxing culture that gave rise not only
to excellent boxers, but also great boxing trainers, managers and
promoters.
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