I research and edit Wikipedia articles on early 20th-century boxing, with an interest in the people, institutions and places around the sport as well as the bouts themselves. My work relies heavily on primary sources, especially the British Newspaper Archive and records such as the 1939 Register, but also incorporates modern scholarly and secondary works where available to provide historical context and interpretation.
I am particularly interested in the “soldier boxers” of the First World War, the governance of professional boxing, and the boxing venues, sporting pubs and private clubs of London’s East End, City and West End.
Much of my recent work focuses on the National Sporting Club and its influence on refereeing standards, championship governance and the wider regulation of British boxing.
