Introduction
THE FIGHTIN’EST PAIR is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was sent to Fiction House and later accepted. Published in the November 1931 issue of Fiction House’s Action Stories as ‘Breed of Battle’. The story is now in the public domain.
Alternate titles:
BREED OF BATTLE and SAMSON HAD A SOFT SPOT.
Published in:
- REH FIGHT MAGAZINE #2, Necromonicon Press, September 1990
- BOXING STORIES, Bison Books, April 2005
- CRIMSON SHADOWS: THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 1, Del Rey, August 2007
- CRIMSON SHADOWS: THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 1, Subterranean Press, November 2009
- THE COLLECTED BOXING FICTION OF ROBERT E. HOWARD: FISTS OF IRON ROUND 2, REH Foundation Press, February 2014
- ROBERT E. HOWARD FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER V9N4, Robert E. Howard Foundation, Winter 2015-2016 (Typescript)
