#prizefighter — Public Fediverse posts
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During 1820 Harry Holt spars at Benefits for pugilists like Jack Scroggins, Jack Martin, Ned Turner, Bill Eales, Tom Belcher & Jack Randall. He also regularly acts as a Second for several minor boxers at fighting grounds like #Moulsey Hurst, #Banstead Downs & #Wimbledon Common.
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#JohnBull was the personification of #English nationalism usually depicted as an honest & hardworking #Englishman with a cheerful & jolly disposition who was satisfied by the simple things in life.
#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #HarryHoltBiography #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #LondonPrizeRing #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History
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Moulsey Hurst was a flat open grassed area on the #Surrey side of the river #Thames in West #Moulsey 15mi from #London reached by crossing the river at #Hampton. It's one of the oldest sporting grounds in England referred to in the 1800’s as the 'Olympic ground of Moulsey Hurst’
#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #Biography #HarryHoltBiography #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #LondonPrizeRing #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History #Histodons
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On Tuesday the 20th of August 1816, at the age of 25 Harry Holt entered the Ring for the first time with Joe Parish, the ‘Waterman’ at Moulsey Hurst in front of an estimated 15,000 spectators. (Picture: Isaac Robert Cruickshank: Going to a Fight 1819, Moulsey Hurst)
#HarryHolt #Genealogy #Pugilist #Holt #Biography #HarryHoltBiography #SportsHistory #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Prizefighter #LondonPrizeRing #Regency #Georgian #C19th #19thCentury #History #Histodons #Moulsey #Hurst #Cruickshank