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A Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume II

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63553-4

ISBN: 978-3-030-63552-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jan 5, 2021

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Introduction

Bell, Matthew; Armstrong, Gary

Pages: 1 –19

[Modern-day elite professional boxing is ruled by the whims of television networks, promoters and a proliferation of governing bodies. The fact that the biggest fights are always pay-per-view means that television audiences are just a fraction of the pre-satellite days of the 1970s and 1980s, but...
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Guru and Genius

Bell, Matthew; Armstrong, Gary

Pages: 21 –82

[Sheffield’s revival as a boxing centre can be put down to two men, neither of whom were natives of the city; in fact the pair were first- and second-generation immigrants. Irishman Brendan Ingle came to Sheffield to work and box in the early 1960s. Asked by a vicar to help keep the local...
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City of Champions

Bell, Matthew; Armstrong, Gary

Pages: 83 –161

[Johnny Nelson was scared of boxing but ended up as one of Britain’s most enduring world champions. Brash and arrogant, Naseem Hamed possessed a natural talent unmatched in Sheffield’s boxing history. Bradford-born Junior Witter did it the hard way, but despite becoming a world champion was...
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Building on Success

Bell, Matthew; Armstrong, Gary

Pages: 163 –228

[The Ingle gym produced many boxers admirable in different ways. Brian Anderson’s post-career life was more noteworthy than his boxing career as he became Britain’s second black prison governor. Another just short of world class was Ryan Rhodes, who today is one of Sheffield’s most prominent...
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Fixers and Makers

Bell, Matthew; Armstrong, Gary

Pages: 229 –294

[This chapter focuses on the men behind the scenes; those who make matches and promote events and those who prepare their boxers to fight in them. Dennis Hobson climbed from a Sheffield council estate via selling crockery and scrap metal to become one of the world’s best-known promoters,...
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Legacy and Leverage

Bell, Matthew; Armstrong, Gary

Pages: 295 –331

[The chapter looks at where Sheffield stands in the unofficial ‘rankings’ of British boxing cities and how, through the construction of the English Institute of Sport (EIS), it became the training centre of the Great Britain Olympic boxing squad. Sheffield’s status as Britain’s first ‘City of...
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Decline and Revival

Bell, Matthew; Armstrong, Gary

Pages: 333 –357

[This chapter examines the circumstances that led to Sheffield’s industrial and social decline in the 1980s and 1990s, the Socialist City Council’s battles with the Conservative Government and the legacy of the World Student Games that burdened Sheffield with a huge debt. The council’s reluctant...
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The Final Round

Bell, Matthew; Armstrong, Gary

Pages: 359 –369

[What makes a boxer and what makes Sheffield a modern centre of British boxing? An attempt to answer these questions is made by comparing the demands of boxing with those of ballet, two activities that might seem far apart but in fact require similar agility, movement and dedication to succeed at...

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