"I recommend Kirk's 'Banned from Boxing'..."
-Terry Brown
"...the most important work on classical boxing I have seen so far."
-Ken Pfrenger
"'Banned from Boxing' is a unique valuable resource..."
-Tony Wolf
"Invaluable Contribution to Martial Arts"
-Internet review
Revisiting the subject in this revised and expanded 2nd Edition work, Kirk Lawson, a Martial Artist with more than 25 years of experience in the Martial Arts, both Western and Eastern, and an avid Western Martial Arts researcher, explores the exciting and mostly forgotten world of grappling in historic boxing.
Using antique boxing manuals as reference as well as a healthy dose of experience, Kirk systematically presents in easy to follow terms and sequences the throws, trips, and grapples of historic boxing.
With 90 historic images and new illustrations, modern martial artists and boxing historians alike will find this book an indispensable reference.