vocabulary

1 bare 赤裸的

2 marquis 侯爵

3 draw up 起草

4 adore 崇拜，爱戴

5 swiftly 迅速地，敏捷地

6 eminent 著名的，杰出的

7 pupil 学生

8 bitterly 厉害地

9 ring 钟声，环形物，拳击场

10 extravagant 浪费的，奢侈的

writting

1 Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game.

2 The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.

3 It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England.