University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository History ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 8-17-2011 The iF ght of the Century: The Regulation and Reform of Prizefighting in Progressive Era America Margaret Frisbee Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Frisbee, Margaret. "The iF ght of the Century: The Regulation and Reform of Prizefighting in Progressive Era America." (2011). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/31 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in History ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Margaret Frisbee Candidate History Department This dissertation is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: . Chair erson \ THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY: THE REGULATION AND REFORM OF PRIZEFIGHTING IN PROGRESSIVE ERA AMERICA BY MARGARET FRISBEE B.A., History, Loyola Marymount University, 2001 M.A., California State University, Northridge, 2004 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy History The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico December, 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to all my friends, new and experienced, for helping me with a project that I enjoy. Thanks to family, who support all endeavors great and small. I also appreciate the financial