E. F. Martinez (translator)

El arte del pugilato y de la defensa propia. Obra ilustrada con grabados y recomendada por los principales pugilistas de Europa y los Estados Unidos. Traducida del ingles por…

México: Talleres Linotipigraficos de A. Perez Peña, 1919.

18 cm. 66p.; Profusely illustrated. Some chipping in the covers. VG.

The prologue recounts the first boxing matches held in Mexico, beginning with the first ones in 1896, when it is mentioned that African-American boxers came. It goes on to mention modern-day Mexican boxers, who were the first in the country to practice this sport.

The work provides a complete guide to boxing, from the rules to the drills and movements necessary to excel in the sport.

At the end of the work, a section is dedicated to describing the Corbett vs. Sullivan match.

First Mexican Book of Boxing

This work precedes what is considered the first Mexican work dedicated to boxing: El Boxeo, manual practica para aprender a boxer by Francisco Monteverde, published in 1925 in Mexico City.

No institutional holding (OCLC, 2025).