prizefighters had then practical training longer than any other branch of athletics, and it was by no means uncommon for watermen, when matched by their patrons, to be placed under the supervision of some mentor from the P.R. as regards their diet and exercise.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason
But it struck an almost effacing one at the life of the young nobleman of boundless wealth, whose highest renown was the being a patron of prizefighters.
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The contrast flashed with the rapid exchange of two prizefighters in a ring, very popularly.
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