Ocupation: Poet
Life: June 28, 1844 - August 10, 1890
Birthday: June 28
Death: August 10
Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football.
- John Boyle O'Reilly
topic: Football, Exercise, Fighting
