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Reviewed on September 1, 2009
Getting paid to beat people up? Wow, what a concept! Essentially a biographical dictionary of mostly obscure boxers, brawlers, and chop-socky types, this work includes only a handful of entries that discuss the actual sports alluded to in the title. There is an article on sumo wrestling, for example, a spectacle in which Japanese lard butts attempt to shove each other beyond the bounds of a circle on the floor. This work is of very limited usefulness, as the sketches of various fighters are not much more than a dry recitation of their various...Log In or Sign Up to Read More