He was a well-known prizefighter that young Sales Wilson had picked up and brought down to teach the boys.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
"I've got a prizefighter and a public-house behind me," Louie replied.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions
"Anyway, that's what she does mean," she said, turning to Miss Harriet-"that she didn't want me to tell them that my father was a prizefighter and kept a public-house!"
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions