Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football. — John Boyle O’Reilly

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John Boyle O’Reilly : Irish Poet
Born: June 28, 1844
Died: August 10, 1890