‘King of Boxing Referees’
Sep 09, 2021
2 minutes
Alex Daley
@thealexdaley
Historian & author
YOU’LL see Eugene Corri in footage shot at the National Sporting Club (NSC) in London’s Covent Garden, the HQ of British boxing from 1891 to the 1920s, where the well-heeled dinner-suited crowds observed an eerie silence during the fighting as cigar smoke billowed around the small ornate hall. He’s usually seated ringside, appraising the bout
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