The Devils' Dance Floor

Sarah Elizabeth Cox is a wrestling and boxing historian. Her website grapplingwithistory.com explores late Victorian and early Edwardian boxers and wrestlers. She has written for BBC History magazine, Who Do You Think You Are? magazine, the Guardian, The Voice newspaper and the Lewisham Ledger, among other publications, while her research has also been covered by media around the world, including Der Spiegel, the BBC, Esquire and The Times. She was historical adviser on the Disney+ show A Thousand Blows. She was previously a trainee pro-wrestler, theatre critic, model, bartender and waitress who twice served World Heavyweight Champion Frank Bruno his lunch. Sarah’s grandfather, Alf Court, considered himself the ‘1938 Welterweight Champion of Battersea High Street’. Sarah was the first woman in her family to go to university, and holds Master’s degrees in History (Goldsmiths) and International Relations and Asia Pacific Studies (UEA).