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Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

533. Pugilism

Balboa, Rocky lower-class Philadelphia boxer wins golden opportunity to fight in prize bout. [Am. Cinema: Rocky ]
Byron, Cashel prizefighter; gives up boxing for wealthy lady. [Br. Lit.: Cashel Byron’s Profession ]
Dares one of Aeneas’s companions; noted for his boxing skill. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid ]
Entellus powerful Sicilian boxer; won match for Anchises against Dares. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid ]
Eryx great boxer; killed at own game by challenger, Hercules. [Gk. Myth.: Howe, 97]
Golden Boy violinist turns boxer for fame, wealth. [Am. Lit.: Golden Boy ]
Great White Hope 1910 personification of white peoples’ aspirations for a white heavyweight champion. [Am. Hist.: Misc.]
Palooka, Joe comicdom’s great white hope. [Comics: Horn, 343–344]
Queensberry, Marquis of (Sir John Douglas, 1844–1900) established basic rules of boxing. [Br. Hist.: NCE, 2257]

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pugilism : see boxing .

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