The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 42, 2025, Issue 1 | Special Section: Africa in the Boxing Ring

Special Section: Africa in the Boxing Ring

Introduction: Africa in the Boxing Ring
Dawson McCall
Pages: 1-5 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2466320

‘Know the Game—Boxing’: Boxing in Colonial Kenya, 1895–1963
Samson Kaunga Ndanyi
Pages: 6-24 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2024.2407482

‘A Hero Who Made This Country Proud’: Boxing, Nation, and the Politics of Sport in Kenya, ca 1950–1980
Dawson McCall
Pages: 25-47 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2023.2267451

Open Access
Out of Apartheid’s (Racial) Corner: One Man’s Journey from Bare-Fists to Bible-Puncher
Ashwin Desai
Pages: 48-61 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2024.2351223

Regular Articles

Open Access
From Back Streets to Olympic Stage: The Development of Breaking and Skateboarding in South Korea
Eunsu Lee & Minhyeok Tak
Pages: 62-82 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2465694

Internationalisation and Modern Sport: The Anglo-French Struggle to Control International Cycling, 1892–1914
Clément Dumas & Fabien Conord
Pages: 83-106 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2467428

Open Access
A Journey to the Olympics: Noguchi Genzaburō, the 1920 Antwerp Games and the Development of Athleticism in Japan
Taro Obayashi & Hisashi Sanada
Pages: 107-119 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2467422