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During the California Gold Rush, amateur and professional boxing almost immediately gained a strong foothold in northern California, as the gold fields and mining camps provided both employment and a venue for these athletes, and as many of the world's best fighters made their way to the canvas squares of the Pacific coast, San Francisco soon served as the locus of championship title bouts that even today remain legendary. Original.

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In this book of vintage photographs spanning from 1890 to 1914, boxing historian F. Daniel Somrack, who produced the award-winning documentary Champions Forever, presents striking images of boxing's golden age.

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