US Patent No. 426944 Apparatus for Teaching the Art of Boxing by J Lovatt (1890) Size:36x24 McClellan ringed by his officers

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US Patent No. 426944 Apparatus for Teaching the Art of Boxing by J Lovatt (1890) Size:36x24 McClellan ringed by his officersUs Patent No. 426944 Apparatus for Teaching the Art of Boxing by J Lovatt (189) a contraption of pulleys, pivots, and a suspended striking head, drawn in 1890 when boxing was still shedding its bare knuckle reputation and the Marquess of Queensberry rules were teaching gentlemen to spar. Lovatt's schematic answers a peculiar question of the age: how to rehearse a punch when your opponent isn't there to throw one back. About the Source Bella Frye