“The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any other conceivable means. It will give pugilism new life, not only as a professional boxer's art, but as a general exercise.” GivingMeanArtPracticeExercisePreservesBoxingAdoptionContestsNew LifeGlovesBoxersBoxing Gloves Book:Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport Source: Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport
“All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called out: quickness, force, precision, foresight, readiness, pluck, and endurance. With these, the rowdy and 'rough' are not satisfied.” ValuesForceSeeingSatisfiedBoxingEnduranceRoughContestsPrecisionGlovesForesightReadinessPluckQuicknessRowdyBoxing Gloves Author:John Boyle O'Reilly
