B is for boxer forms part of a set of bold and colourful silkscreen prints produced in 1991 one for each letter of the alphabet each print adopts peter blakes typical and unmissable style of working incorporating found imagery from magazines postcards and popular ephemera b is for boxer depicts one of peter blakes cultural and sporting icons world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949 joe louis nicknamed the brown bomber louis in 2005 was named the greatest heavyweigh