Pompey's Boxing Past: Some of the Best Fighters from the Island City Since 1900 - Softcover

"The latter part is devoted to boxers of the last four decades, who help us understand what the fight game is like from the inside through a series of insightful interviews. Riveting accounts." - Alex Daley, Boxing News

"Many of the fights Andrew describes would never be allowed in today's strictly-controlled world of boxing. Excellent biographies of all the boxers. The way Andrew describes the fights you would think he was there as he writes in such a descriptive fashion. If you want a different history of Portsmouth then this excellent book is for you." --The News/Portsmouth.co.uk

"Pitch Publishing is carving out a niche for itself in the world of boxing." --Thomas Hauser, Box Nation

Unsurprisingly for a city that has for centuries sent men to war, Portsmouth has produced numerous great fighters and Pompey's Boxing Past takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the lives of renowned fighting men of the past such as Billy Streets, Kid Connor, Harry Vine, Stoker Reynolds, Johnny Smith and Steve Goldring, right through to the stars of the modern era such as Tony Oakey, Mickey Driscoll and Floyd Moore. Honest first-hand accounts from many of the fighters themselves give the reader an insight into the toughest sport of all; while in-depth research and contributions from surviving family members illuminate the lives and times of the great men of Pompey's proud boxing past.