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  • Two men in posing pouches face one another and exchange, parry and dodge blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men in posing pouches face one another and exchange, parry and dodge blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two bare-chested gay men in boxer shorts, one placing a hand with a boxing glove in the groin area of the other man; a safe sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for gay and bisexual men by the Landsforeningen for Bøsser og Lesbiske. Lithograph by Robin Skjoldborg, ca. 1995.
  • A boxer raises his bandaged fists which bear the letters: 'Fuck safe'; advertisement for gay men to use precautions by Gay Men Fighting Aids. Colour lithograph.
  • Two men boxing. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • James Figg the pugilist on stage holding his sword. Etching..
  • A boxer representing St. Stephen's Review has knocked out his opponent who is representing the Hansard Union. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 21 February 1891.
  • Two men in posing pouches face one another and exchange blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men in posing pouches stand, facing one another: one grasps the other, forcing him backwards towards the ground. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men in posing pouches stand, facing one another, fists raised and exchange blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men in posing pouches and boxing gloves stand, facing one another, arms raised, exchanging blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men in posing pouches face one another and exchange, parry and dodge blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • John Broughton, "the founder of the British school of boxing". Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822.
  • People in a boxing club having a fist-fight: the chairman in the middle holds up a gavel, and a woman hits a man over the head with a tankard. Etching by J. Barlow, 1789, after S. Collings.
  • Two boxers consulting a doctor. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1902.
  • James Figg, a pugilist. Line engraving by R. Graves, after J. Ellys.
  • Two men in posing pouches stand, facing one another, fists raised, exchanging blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men in posing pouches and boxing gloves stand, facing one another, arms raised: one hits the other's left shoulder then backs away. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.
  • Children encouraged by their teachers to box as a positive and healthy recreation. Wood engraving by J. Leech, 1858.
  • A boxing match in Tonga witnessed by Captain Cook. Engraving by J. Taylor, 1782, after J. Webber, 1778.
  • George Taylor, a boxer. Stipple engraving.
  • Two men in posing pouches face one another and exchange blows. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two men in posing pouches stand, facing one another, fists raised: one grasps the other round the chest with his left arm, bends, lifting and swinging him over his back, legs in the air. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Two impressions of a personified condom boxing a figure wearing a vest bearing the words 'HIV' and 'AIDS'; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Amfar (American Foundation for AIDS Research) in Nepali. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • John Smith, known as Buckhorse, a pugilist. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1822, after D. Dodd.
  • A naked man throws a punch with his left hand, lowers his arm, brings it back behind him, turning as he does so. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Creatures with strange faces and bodies engaging in a boxing match in front of a crowd. Etching.
  • A bare-knuckled boxing match between the Prince of Wales and Napoleon, with their supporters including a black man. Coloured etching by Charles Williams, 1815.
  • Two men boxing. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.