(1) I contributed to two issues of this independent boxing fanzine in the mid 90s, and
this series of articles was intended for publication therein. Unfortunately, the magazine went belly up shortly before publication.
(2) NOT JUST TOBACCO Health Scares, Medical Paternalism and Individual Liberty, by Chris R. Tame and David Botsford, published by FOREST, London, (1996), page 26.
(3) The two major British medical journals are the Lancet and the British Medical Journal (referred to usually by its initials, the BMJ).
(4) Boxing, published in the Lancet, June 6, 1959, pages 1185-6.
(5) The Lancet, June 13, 1959, page 1253.
(6) The Lancet, June 13, 1959, pages 1253-4.
(7) The Lancet, June 27, 1959, pages 1280-1.
(8) Letter from J.W. Graham, Chairman of the BBBC Medical Committee, Lancet, July 11, 1959, page 36.
(9) Lancet, December 19, 1959, page 1150.
(10) Boxing and Medicine, Edited by Robert C. Cantu, published by Human Kinetics, Champaign, Illinois, (1995), page 4.
(11) I saw Ali in the flesh when he visited London to promote his autobiography, and he was not a good advertisement.
(12) British Medical Journal, December 21, 1895, page 1583.
(13) Cantu, Boxing and Medicine, page 19, (op cit).
(14) Fitzsimmons became light-heavyweight champion of the world in 1902 at the age of 40 and held the title until 1905.
(15) Some stoppages are disgraceful, the one that springs most readily to mind is Lewis v McCall; Lewis was caught with a sucker punch but was on his feet, with his gloves up, was clearly in no trouble and may well have gone on to win the fight.
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