This book contains the assembled collection of boxing related quotes from the correspondence of Robert E. Howard, the author who created Sailor Steve Costigan, the fighting sailor. It is a unique look into the personal evolution of the fighting spirit that helped fuel his fantastic imagination. Told from his own viewpoint, this book explores Howard's devotion to boxing by extracting excerpts from his letters to the pulp magazines of his day and in letters and remembrances to his friends and literary peers.