A Social History of Sheffield Boxing, Volume II: Scrap Merchants, 1970-2020 (Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology)

Foreword
Contents
List of Figures
1 Introduction
	The Talking Ground
	The Talking Game
	It All Figures
	Redemption, Journeys and Inequalities
	Time and Place
	Hail the Redeemers
	The Boxer: The Gym and the Quasi-Religious
	City on the Move
	A City of Sport
	References
2 Guru and Genius
	Rocking and Rolling
	Reading Matters
	All that Jazz
	Raised to Box
	Bombing and Weaving
	Fighting for Peace
	A Way of Life
	Premised to Succeed
	Securing a Future
	Ray of Light
	Learning Their Lines
	Blarney and Wisdom
	Sharing Space: Getting Along
	Race, Respect and Recognition
	On the Ropes
	Poetry in Motion: Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham
	From Barrel to Bomber
	Rings and Wrongs
	Community Support
	Doubting Thomas
	African Adventure
	Ifs and Butts
	Winner in the Bath Tub
	Weight and Price
	Eastwood Bound
	The Big Bang Theory
	Haggling and Cuts
	Friendship and Fidelities
	Together Again
	Matching and Patching
	Splitting and Decisions
	Actions and Words
	Short-Sighted Decision
	Throwing Chances Away
	The Best and the Rest
	Weights and Pounds
	An Eye to the Future
	At Least I’ve Left a Mark Somewhere
	References
3 City of Champions
	Admirable Nelson
		A Fear of Getting Hit
		Champion of Some of the World
		A Real World Champion
		Under Guard
		Fear and Loathing
	From Pretender to Prince: Naseem Hamed
		Profoundly Flash
		A Car and a Dagger
		The World Awaits
		The Circus Arrives
		Mission Impossible
		The Fall-Out
		Life Post-Ingle
		Enter the Prince
		The Last Hurrah
		Praise Be to God
		Crash and Burn
		Ali and Elvis Rolled into One
	Junior Choice: Junior Witter
		Fortune’s Always Hiding
		The Dying of the Light
	Special K: Kell Brook
		Flippin’ Heck
		Looking Daggers
		Dogged and Tagged
		Fight Time
		The Tomato Can Champ?
		Chewing the Fat
		Winning and Waiting
		The Holding Champion
		A Slice of Fortune
		Fighting Boredom
		No Khan Do
		What Figures?
		Weights and Measures
		Take It Outside
	Smooth as Silk: Paul Jones
		Foul Play and Fatality
		Pleading and Belting
	Meat and Potatoes: Clinton Woods
		Towels Decide It
		Iron in the Soul
		A Word in Your Ear
		Endings and Beginnings
		The Invisible Warrior
	References
4 Building on Success
	The Governor: Brian Anderson
		Bitten and Beating
		Bailed to Progress
		Meet the Governor
	The Spice of Life: Ryan Rhodes
		Musical Youth
		Spice Boy
		Returning but Changed
	Pickering the Right Move: Esham Pickering
	Bobbing and Weaving: Vinny Vahey
		The Bigger They Come
	The Journeyman: Daniel Thorpe
		The Cost of the Journey
	Towering Inferno: Richard Towers
	The Man Who Knocked Out Klitschko: Pele Reid
	The Name Game
	Buster: John Keeton
		The Numbers Game
		Bully Beef
		Drink and Drive
		Title Trail
	The Drugs Don’t Work: Jon Thaxton
	Arabian Nights and Early Mornings: Kid Galahad
		Barry’s New Titles
		Spiky Character
	Room to Learn: Reagan Denton
	The Punchy Footballer: Curtis Woodhouse
		The Curry House Brawler
		Meeting the Twit
		Champion Display
	The Model Accountant: Lewis Taylor
	References
5 Fixers and Makers
	Choices and Contests: Dennis Hobson
		Splits and Spats
		Not a Scrap of Evidence
	Dominic Ingle: Interiors and Exteriors
	Behold and Beware: John Ingle
	Glyn Rhodes: Rewards and Awards
	Rain Man: Howard Rainey
		Back to Basics
		Return to Sheffield
		The Inventor
	Hidden Depths: Dave Coldwell
		Beginning Boxing
	People not Systems: Grant Smith
		Throwing the Kitchen Sink at It
		Granting Permission
		Training Session: Grant and Dalton
		Darnall Welfare
	References
6 Legacy and Leverage
	Punching Above Its Weight
	The City of Sport
	Fight Club’s New Members
	Where’s the Real Champion?
	Not My Fight?
	Office Worker Warriors
	At Night at the Boxing
	Down the Tube
	Fringe Benefits
	Political Punches: Games and Frontiers
	Financial Strife
	The Road to London
	Precious Metals: Out of Attercliffe
	The Book of Joshua
	Ladies in the House
	Cannonball and the Sensation
	Making a Din
	The Immigrant Connection
	The Asylum Seeker
	References
7 Decline and Revival
	Student Bodies
	Facilitating Debt
	White Elephants and Assets
	Social Distancing
	From B to A
	Save Our Trees
	When the Door Closes
	Regeneration and Redemption
	Sheffield One and Sichuan
	Eastern Promise
	Tremors and Aftershock
	References
8 The Final Round
	Doxa and Capital
	Brute Force or Ignorance?
	Sense and Sensuality
	References
Appendix
Index