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Referenced when discussing fighting at schools - the hosts compare the prize fighting scene to the famous fight scene in this Victorian novel, specifically mentioning 'Slugger Williams fights Tom' and noting that Thomas Hughes 'knew exactly what he was writing about'

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This is the guest Professor Robert Coles' book, which is introduced at the beginning when describing him as 'author of the brilliant book' and recommended again at the end of the episode. The Sayers-Heenan fight discussed in the episode has 'a whole chapter' devoted to it in this book