The National Sporting Club was a club founded in London in 1891, which did more to establish the sport of boxing in Great Britain than any other organisation.
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“Being a gentleman is the number one priority, the chief question integral to our national life.”
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“Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.”
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