#prizering — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #prizering, aggregated by home.social.
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One of the longest #Bareknuckle fights to ever take place in the London #PrizeRing was between Jack Hannan & Johnny Walker on #Chesterford Common near #Littlebury, #Essex on 2April1839. Hannan (Seconded by Harry Holt) defeated Walker (Seconded by Dick Curtis) in 3hr48min.
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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In 1828 the ‘Fair Play Club’ became the governing body of the #London #PrizeRing with power to employ ‘Regulators’ to keep the integrity of the Ring. #Regulators were paid a Half Guinea & armed with Whips to stop spectators from invading the Ring or disrupting fights
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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Jack O’Donnel was born in Ireland 1784. His 1st fight was in 1802 before a burglary conviction in 1806 saw him Transported for 7yrs. After returning from the Colony his last #PrizeRing fight was with Holt in 1818. Little is known of his latter life. (6win3loss)
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
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Joe Parish fought 7x in the #PrizeRing 3win4loss, his first organised fight was with Holt in 1816. In 1818 he spent time in the Marshalsea Prison for Assault & in 1833 he was convicted of Stealing & Transported to Australia for 7yrs. He died in #Sydney a free man in 1851 aged 63
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History