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Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. In those days, boxers fought with bare【B1】______ for prize mo
Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. In those days, boxers fought with bare【B1】______ for prize mo
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Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. In those days, boxers fought with bare【B1】______ for prize money. They were known as "prize-fighters". However, boxing was very【B2】______ , for there were no rules and a prize-fighter could be seriously【B3】______ or even killed during a match.
One of the most famous【B4】______ in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 17614. The use of gloves was not【B5】______ until 1860 when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules. Though【B6】______ a prize-fighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prize-fighting into a sport. In his day, Mendoza enjoyed【B7】______ popularity. He was【B8】______ by the rich and the poor alike.
Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing-match when he was only fourteen. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries, who was then the most eminent boxer in England.【B9】______ . In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him. The two men quarreled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight.【B10】______.
It was not until his third match that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion. Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy.【B11】______ . Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. After he was defeated by another boxer, he was quickly forgotten and died in poverty in 18316.
【B11】
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He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as £100 for a single appearance
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