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1859, Heavyweight Champion of England #TomSayers accepts a challenge from US Champion #JohnCamelHeenan from New York, news of the 1st World Boxing Championship caught the public imagination on both sides of the Atlantic. The long & brutal bare-knuckle fight took place at dawn in a field at #Farnborough, & ended in chaos when spectators invaded the ring & a draw was declared.
In Source: Fight of the Century
The 1st World Boxing Championship between #TomSayers & #JohnCamelHeenan was fought on 17.04.1860, when prize ring boxing was illegal but continued underground. 2K people attended inc. MP’s, nobility & celebrities, & when the Police, armed with warrants, raided the event in the 37th round, controversy over who had won was settled when both men were awarded a Championship Belt.
In Source: Fight of the Century
Home of the last great Bare-knuckle Boxer, #TomSayers won a fearsome reputation from numerous informal fights before defeating #AbeCouch in his 1st professional prize-fight in 1849. Famed for his Heavyweight World Championship fight against #JohnCamelHeenan from the US, he was diabetic & died in this house of TB/Diabetes, in the presence of his Father & 2 Children on 08.11.1865
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