Provides an in-depth chronicle of boxing in New Orleans during the latter half of the nineteenth century, interspersed with brief vignettes of New Orleans' history that helped shape the prevailing attitudes influencing the rise and fall of perhaps the most famous boxing venue of its day - the Olympic Club.
Although best known as a baseball writer and historian, S. Derby Gisclair has written over eighty articles on non-baseball sports personalities and events. He lives in New Orleans, Louisanna.