Popular Culture
In 2011 a film about bare knuckle boxing was made called Knuckle. The film Snatch also has depiction of bare-knuckle boxing. The American band Primus wrote a song called "Fisticuffs" whose lyrics are about real fighters (such as James Ambrose) and real matches of the past. In the 2002 film Gangs of New York, a bare knuckle boxing fight takes place between a man called Bug Eye Ward and an unnamed opponent. Ward wins after 75 rounds.
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