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Writers on Boxing
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An archive of writing on boxing, including books, essays, plays, operas & our boxing fanzine, The Spit Bucket. 🥊 https://writersonboxing.com/about/

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I've been reading a lot about boxing and thought I'd put everything together in a list in case it's of interest to anyone else.

writersonboxing.com/reading-list/

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Deadline day to get your boxing-themed art, poetry and prose into us for issue 8 of The Spit Bucket boxing fanzine. Full info: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
The Spit Bucket – a boxing fanzine
The Spit Bucket is a zine celebrating the wonderful responses made by artists to the sport of boxing. We welcome submissions from prose writers, poets and visual artists of all forms. See below for…
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January 30, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Deadline day to get your boxing-themed art, poetry and prose into us for issue 8 of The Spit Bucket boxing fanzine. Full info: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
The Spit Bucket – a boxing fanzine
The Spit Bucket is a zine celebrating the wonderful responses made by artists to the sport of boxing. We welcome submissions from prose writers, poets and visual artists of all forms. See below for…
writersonboxing.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:13 AM
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One week to go to get your boxing-themed art and writing into us for issue 8 of The Spit Bucket boxing fanzine.
January 26, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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2026 - why not make your New Year's resolution to send us some of your boxing-related art/writing to us for issue 8 of The Spit Bucket. Deadline 30 Jan. Full info: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
The Spit Bucket – a boxing fanzine
The Spit Bucket is a zine celebrating the wonderful responses made by artists to the sport of boxing. We welcome submissions from prose writers, poets and visual artists of all forms. See below for…
writersonboxing.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
One week to go to get your boxing-themed art and writing into us for issue 8 of The Spit Bucket boxing fanzine.
January 26, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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This month, 1889, England's first Black Lady Boxers continued to give exhibition matches, performing at the New Cross Public Hall, South London 🥊

Here's 'Violet' and 'Rosaline', the Sisters Mills, pictured with their promotor, top middleweight Alf Ball:

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January 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
2026 - why not make your New Year's resolution to send us some of your boxing-related art/writing to us for issue 8 of The Spit Bucket. Deadline 30 Jan. Full info: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
The Spit Bucket – a boxing fanzine
The Spit Bucket is a zine celebrating the wonderful responses made by artists to the sport of boxing. We welcome submissions from prose writers, poets and visual artists of all forms. See below for…
writersonboxing.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Spending my in-betweeny bit here in north London cleaning-up and transcribing (for fun (and study)) this wonderful conversation between Sarah Kane and @danrebellato.bsky.social from 1998.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAYf...

An 'informal' transcript here - intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/dramaandthea...
Sarah Kane in conversation with Dan Rebellato
YouTube video by RoyalHollowayDrama
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December 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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For The Spit Bucket @writersonboxing.bsky.social I visited a statue of featherweight champ Johnny Kilbane in Cleveland.

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December 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I started things off right with a piece in The Spit Bucket @writersonboxing.bsky.social about the painter Francis Bacon and a small study he made of Jack Dempsey.

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December 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Quick blog post after spotting something interesting in a bookshop in Oxford at the weekend.

Post no.115: ' An Almanac of Twelve Sports' by William Nicholson and Rudyard Kipling. - writersonboxing.com/2025/12/16/1...
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Issue 7 of The Spit Bucket is now available to download (free!). We have contributions from the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, USA and Canada, and as usual a great range of visual art, poetry and prose.

Download here: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
October 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Very lucky to have another flash CNF from my Fight Nights series in the new issue of The Spit Bucket. Huge thanks to @writersonboxing.bsky.social for including my work in their fine journal! Download the issue at https://writersonboxing.com/the-spit-bucket-a-boxing-fanzine/
The Spit Bucket – a boxing fanzine
The Spit Bucket is a zine celebrating the wonderful responses made by artists to the sport of boxing. We welcome submissions from prose writers, poets and visual artists of all forms. See below for…
writersonboxing.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If you enjoy this, or any other issue, please consider donating to The Ringside Charitable Trust as they aim to open the UK's first dedicated care home for ex boxers.

Link: www.theringsidecharitabletrust.com/how-to-donate
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A charity for Ex Boxers in need
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October 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Issue 7 of The Spit Bucket is now available to download (free!). We have contributions from the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, USA and Canada, and as usual a great range of visual art, poetry and prose.

Download here: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
October 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This stool was 'customised' with a far more traditional design by its previous owners who also signed their initials and a love heart on the underside (which I couldn't photograph unfortunately.
September 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I'm a joiner and furniture maker away from this boxing account and used to work for Isokon so booked to view some of their historical items (older version of the ones I made) in the collection at V&A East Storehouse in Hackney Wick.
September 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
🥊 Only two weeks left to get your prose, poetry, art work in for consideration for issue 7 of The Spit Bucket boxing fanzine. 🥊

Full submission info here: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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🥊🚨We're looking for submissions for issue 7 of The Spit Bucket boxing fanzine. Send us your boxing-themed art, prose or poetry by 26 September to be considered. 🚨🥊

Submission info here:

writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
The Spit Bucket – a boxing fanzine
The Spit Bucket is a zine celebrating the wonderful responses made by artists to the sport of boxing. We welcome submissions from prose writers, poets and visual artists of all forms. See below for…
writersonboxing.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Thanks for sharing 🥊
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🥊🚨We're looking for submissions for issue 7 of The Spit Bucket boxing fanzine. Send us your boxing-themed art, prose or poetry by 26 September to be considered. 🚨🥊

Submission info here:

writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
The Spit Bucket – a boxing fanzine
The Spit Bucket is a zine celebrating the wonderful responses made by artists to the sport of boxing. We welcome submissions from prose writers, poets and visual artists of all forms. See below for…
writersonboxing.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Fantastic conversation in the latest issue of The Spit Bucket with @sheetboxing-en.bsky.social about the notation method he has devised for transcribing boxing movement.

Download here: writersonboxing.com/the-spit-buc...
June 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
If you enjoy this issue (or any of the previous) please consider donating to the amazing Ringside Charitable Trust as they aim to open the first residential care home for former boxers - www.mygivinghub.com/donate?chari...
Donate to The Ringside Charitable Trust | MyGivingHub
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June 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM