Pugilism Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to 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]