END OF VOL. II.
INDEX TO VOLUME II.
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- AARON, BARNEY (“the Star of the East”).
- His birthplace, 504
- His early days, 504
- His battles with Connelly, Lyons, Ely Bendon, and Sam Belasco, 504–5
- Beats Tom Collins for a purse, 504
- Beats Ned Stockman, 504
- Beats Tom Lenney (twice), 505–6
- Beats Frank Redmond, 507
- Beats Peter Warren, 508
- A gallant tar’s generosity, 509
- A “chant of victory”, 509
- Beaten by Arthur Matthewson, 510
- Arthur Matthewson (note), 510
- Challenges Matthewson to a second trial, 511
- Battle with Dick Hares, 511
- Mynheer Van Haagen’s letter descriptive of the fight, 511
- Defeated by Dick Curtis, 512
- Set-to with Curtis at the Coburg Theatre, 512
- Second battle with Frank Redmond, 512
- A disappointment, 513
- The stakes awarded to Barney, 513
- Third match with Frank Redmond, 513
- Beats Frank Redmond, 514
- Beats Marsh Bateman, 515
- Beaten by Tom Smith, 515
- Dies in Whitechapel, 515
- ABBOT, BILL.
- His victories, 182
- Beats Dick Hares and Dolly Smith, 183
- Beaten by West Country Dick (see Vol. I.), 184
- Beats a “Johnny Raw”, 185
- Beats a “navvy” at Hampton, 185
- Beats Bennyflood, 186
- Beats Pitman, 186
- Beats Tom Oliver, 186
- Beats Phil Sampson, 189
- Challenges Josh Hudson, 191
- Fights a cross with Jem Ward, 191
- Beaten by Larkins, of Cambridge, 191
- Beats Search, 191
- ACTON, DICK, his battles, note of, 200
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- BROWN, TOM (“Big Brown,” of Bridgnorth).
- His birthplace, 437
- Aspires to the Championship, 437
- Matched with Tom Shelton, 437
- Patronised by Tom Spring, 437
- Beats Tom Shelton, 438
- Challenges the Championship, 440
- Replies to the challenges by Ward and Sampson, 441
- Match with Jem Ward goes off, 443
- Defeated by Phil Sampson, 445
- Beats Isaac Dobell (first time), 446
- Beats Isaac Dobell (second time), 449
- Announces his retirement from the P.R., 450
- Second match with Sampson, 450
- Beats Phil Sampson, 451
- Disputed result—Mr. Beardsworth gives up the stakes, 452
- Recovers the £200 battle-money of Mr. Beardsworth, 453
- Becomes a Boniface in Bridgnorth, 453
- BALDWIN, EDWARD (“White-headed Bob”).
- His birth, 338
- First appearance in the Ring, 338
- Beats O’Connor, 338
- A pupil of Bill Eales, 338
- A plant with Jem Ward, 388
- Beats Maurice Delay, 339
- His patronage by “Pea-green Hayne”, 341
- Becomes a “man on town”, 341
- Forfeits to Ned Neale £100, 341
- Is beaten by Ned Neale, 341
- Challenges Langan, the Irish Champion, 342
- Beats George Cooper, 342
- Opens “Subscription Rooms”, 344
- Takes a Provincial tour, 344
- Beaten by Jem Burn, 344
- Beats Jem Burn, 345
- Fights a “draw” with Ned Neale, 350
- Beats Ned Neale, 350
- Dies at the “Coach and Horses,” St. Martin’s Lane, Oct., 1831, 352
- BURN, JEM (“My Nevvy”).
- His birth at Darlington, 328
- Apprenticed at Newcastle, 326
- Of a fighting family, 326
- Early exploits, 326
- Beats O’Neil, 327
- Sir Bellingham Graham, 328
- Matched with Jack Martin, 328
- A draw, 329
- Defeated by Ned Neale, 329
- And by Phil Sampson, 329
- Beats Pat Magee, 330
- Marries Miss Watson, of Bristol, 333
- Matched with Ned Baldwin (“White-headed Bob”), 333
- Beats Baldwin, 334
- A second match made, 335
- Is defeated by Baldwin, 336
- Beaten by Neale (second time), 336
- Becomes host of the “Queen’s Head”, 336
- An active second, backer, and professor of the art, 336
- His character and last illness, 336
- A mechanical contrivance, 336
- His death, 336
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- CANNON, TOM (“the Great Gun of Windsor”).
- Appeared too late in the P.R., 248
- Born at Eton, 248
- Classic associations of youth, 248
- A fisherman, “bargee,” and runaway, 249
- Cannon defeats Tom Anslow, a Grenadier, 249
- Matched with Dolly Smith, 250
- Witnesses the fight of Hudson and Ward, 251
- Offers to fight either combatant, 251
- Matched with Josh Hudson, 251
- Beats Josh Hudson, 252
- Second match with Hudson, 254
- Gamekeeper to Mr. Hayne, 255
- Stage and Grand Stand for the fight, 256
- “The Squire” (Osbaldeston) referee, 256
- Defeats Josh Hudson again, 257
- Becomes a publican at Windsor, 259
- Challenges the Championship for £1,000, 259
- “Pea-green” Hayne’s match at Brighton, 259
- Wrestles with Carney the Gambler, 260
- Sparring at “Ireland’s Ground”, 260
- Is challenged and beaten by Jem Ward, 261
- Exhibits at the Coburg Theatre, 261
- Is beaten by Ned Neale, 261
- Becomes host of the “Castle,” Jermyn Street, 261
- Retires, and is a “swan-watcher” to the City Corporation, 262
- Commits suicide in his 69th year, in July, 1858, 262
- CARTER, JACK (“the Lancashire Hero”).
- His character as a boxer, 161
- His early days, 161
- Works as a “navvy”, 162
- Pierce Egan’s story of the jackass, 162
- Meeting with Bob Gregson, 163
- Appears at the Fives Court, 163
- Beats Boone, the Soldier, 164
- Beaten by Jack Power, 164
- Beaten by Molineaux, 164
- Travels the Provinces and Ireland, 165
- His challenges, 165
- His battle with Stephenson, 165
- His battle with Sam Robinson, 166
- His second battle with Robinson, 168
- Matched with Tom Oliver, 170
- Defeats Tom Oliver, 171
- His pedestrian capabilities, 173
- Again challenges Cribb, 173
- His puffing announcements, 174
- Matched with Spring, 174
- His defeat by Spring, 175
- Returns to Ireland, 176
- And to England, 176
- Challenges Shelton and Jem Ward, 176
- Is beaten by Jem Ward, 176
- Beaten by Deaf Burke, 176
- Died at Manchester, 1844, 176
- CRAWLEY, PETER, 1818–1827.
- His introduction to the Ring, 233
- His birth and parentage, 233
- Apprenticed to a butcher in Clare Market, 233
- Juvenile encounters, 234
- The “Coal-yard” against “Bloomsbury”, 234
- Sundry fistic exploits, 235
- A Westminster election and its consequences, 236
- Beats Ben Sutliffe in the Ring, 237
- Has a severe accident, 237
- Glove-fight with Bully Southerns, 238
- Defeats Dick Acton, 238
- Goes into business as a butcher, 239
- Is engaged as a “special” at the Coronation of George IV., 240
- Mr. Sullivan’s mistake, 240
- Replies to Jem Ward’s challenge, 240
- Matched with Ward, 240
- Two Commissaries and a contretemps, 240
- Beats Jem Ward, “the Champion”, 242
- Peter at the Tennis Court, 245
- His modest speech and retirement from the P.R., 245
- Becomes landlord of the “Queen’s Head and French Horn,” Smithfield, 246
- An insolent customer, 246
- His forbearance and courage, 246
- Acts as referee at the fight of Harry Broome and “the Tipton Slasher”, 247
- His death in 1865, aged 66, 247
- CURTIS, DICK (“the Pet of the Fancy”).
- His merits as a pugilist, 481
- His birth, 482
- His first battle with Watson, 482
- Beats Ned Brown (“the Sprig of Myrtle”), 482
- Beats Lenney, 483
- Dick at Epsom Races, 484
- Beats Cooper, a Gipsy, 485
- Defeats Peter Warren four times, 485
- His battle with Hares prevented, 486
- Defeats Dick Hares, 487
- Receives £100 forfeit from Barney Aaron, 487
- Poetical effusions on the match with Aaron, 489
- A “turn-up” with Ned Savage, 490
- Disposes of Stockman in one round, 491
- Matched with Aaron for £100 a-side, 491
- Beats Barney Aaron, 492
- Matched with Tisdale, 492
- An idle controversy with Jack Randall, 498
- Takes leave of the Ring, 498
- A rencontre with a coalheaver, 498
- Goes on a tour in the North, 499
- Disposes of Coaly’s pretensions in a glove-fight, 499
- Is beaten by Perkins, “the Oxford Pet”, 500
- His talent as a second, 500
- Testimony to his integrity by a friend, 501
- His death and funeral, 501
- Monody on Dick Curtis, 501
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- DONNELLY, DAN (“Champion of Ireland”).
- His birth, 138
- Fight with Isle of Wight Hall, 139
- Defeats George Cooper, 139
- Comes over to Liverpool, 140
- Joins Carter in a sparring exhibition, 141
- Comes to London—opinions of the amateurs, 142
- Appears at the Minor Theatre, Catherine Street, Strand, 142
- Challenged by Sutton, the Black, 143
- Sets-to at the Fives Court, 143
- Challenged by Oliver, 144
- Defeats Tom Oliver, 145
- Other challenges to Donnelly, 149
- His dissipation and loss of money, 149
- His arrest, and subsequent departure for Ireland, 150
- Donnybrook Fair, 151
- Carter’s challenge to Donnelly, 152
- The match goes off, 153
- His house in Pill Lane, 153
- His sudden death, 154
- Dan’s humour and training eccentricities, 154
- Public and literary honours to Dan’s memory, 155
- His funeral, 159
- His epitaph, 160
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- EVANS, SAMUEL (“Young Dutch Sam”).
- His birth and parentage, 353
- His early days, 354
- Apprenticed as a compositor, 354
- A youthful escapade, 355
- Becomes a “flying newsman”, 355
- Is introduced to Mr. John Jackson, &c., 355
- Receives forfeit from Lenney, 356
- His friendship with Dick Curtis, “the Pet”, 356
- Beats Ned Stockman, 356
- Spars at the theatres, 358
- Beats Harry Jones, “the Sailor Boy”, 358
- Defeats Tom Cooper, “the Gipsy”, 359
- Beats Bill Carroll at Ascot, for “a purse” given by the Duke of Wellington, 361
- Beats Jack Cooper, “the Gipsy”, 362
- Defeats Dick Davis, “the Manchester Pet”, 364
- Matched with Bishop Sharpe, 367
- Comparison of the men, 367
- The fight prevented, 368
- Sparring at the Tennis Court, 369
- The stakes given up to Sharpe, 370
- Challenges Peace Inglis, 370
- Receives forfeit from Dan M’Kenzie, 370
- Held to bail for twelve months, 371
- Beats a big carman for striking Dick Curtis, 371
- Challenged by Jack Martin, 372
- Preliminaries of the battle, 373
- Defeats Jack Martin, 374
- Preliminaries of first fight with Ned Neale, 376
- Beats Ned Neale (first battle), 379
- Renewed challenge by Neale, 382
- Contrasted qualifications of the men, 383
- The road to Newmarket, 384
- Defeats Neale a second time, 385
- Sam “a man about town”, 387
- The Haymarket and its “night-houses”, 388
- Challenged by Tom Gaynor, 388
- A drunken constable and a lost “warrant”, 388
- Defeats Tom Gaynor, 389
- Matched with Reuben Martin, 392
- Prevented by the death of “Brighton Bill”, 392
- Absconds to Paris, 392
- Frank Redmond (note), 392
- Adventures in Paris, 393
- Returns, is tried at Hertford, and acquitted, 394
- “Tom-and-Jerryism” rampant 1836–46, 394
- A police fracas and three months’ imprisonment, 395
- “Lament of the Disorderly Gentlemen”, 396
- Becomes a publican, and marries, 397
- Sam’s qualifications as a boxer, 397
- His death, and a “Monody” thereon, 398
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- GAYNOR, TOM (“the Bath Carpenter”).
- His late début in the Ring, 400
- Birthplace, 400
- Tom’s wonderful uncle “the Zummerzet Champion”, 400
- Early skirmishes of the young carpenter, 401
- Makes his way to the Metropolis, 401
- A glove-bout with Josh Hudson, 402
- Sets-to with Ben Burn, 402
- Defeated by Ned Neale, 402
- Beaten at Epsom Races by “Young Gas”, 402
- Matched with Alec Reid, 402
- Beats Alec Reid, 403
- Matched with “Young Gas”—a draw, 405
- Beaten by Bishop Sharpe, 405
- Matched with Charles Gybletts, 405
- Beats Gybletts, 406
- Second match with Neale proposed, 408
- Both men publicans, 408
- Beats Ned Neale, 409
- Challenged by Young Dutch Sam, 411
- Beaten by Young Dutch Sam, 411
- His death, 411
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- HICKMAN, THOMAS (“the Gasman”).
- His character as a boxer, 118
- His birth, 118
- Apprenticed to a boiler maker, 119
- Early battles, 120
- His battle with Peter Crawley, 121
- Beats George Cooper, 122
- Receives forfeit from Cooper, 124
- Glove battle with Kendrick the Black, 124
- Second match with George Cooper, 124
- Beats George Cooper second time, 125
- Matched with Tom Oliver, 126
- Scenes on the road, 126
- Defeats Tom Oliver, 127
- Matched with Neat, 128
- Display at the Fives Court with Shelton, 129
- Beaten by Neat, 130
- Hickman’s irritability, 131
- Turn-up with Rawlinson, 131
- Theatrical engagement of Neat and Hickman, by Davidge, 132
- His character, 132
- His melancholy death, 132
- Coroner’s inquest, 133
- Funeral of Hickman and Mr. Rowe, 134
- Sympathy of brother pugilists, and benefit for his widow, 135
- HUDSON, DAVID.
- His victories, 191
- Beats West Country Dick, 192
- Beats Harry Holt, 192
- Beats Jack Scroggins (Palmer) twice, 194, 195
- Beaten by Jack Martin, 195
- Beats Green, “Essex Champion”, 195
- Beats Jack Steadman, 196
- Becomes publican at Chelmsford, 196
- Second victory over Green, 196
- Beaten by Ned Neale, 197
- Beaten by Larkins (the Irishman), 198
- Died Nov. 27th, 1835, 198
- HUDSON, JOSH (“the John Bull Fighter”). 1816–1826.
- His birth at Rotherhithe, 263
- His good humour, 263
- Fight with Jack Payne, the Butcher, 263
- Draw with Aby Belasco, 263
- Defeats Street and Charles Martin, 263
- Beats Thompson, “the Essex Coachman”, 264
- Takes a voyage to India, 264
- Beaten by Bowen, “the Chatham Caulker”, 264
- Beats Williams, “the Waterman”, 264
- Defeats Scroggins at Moulsey, 264
- Beats Phil Sampson, 265
- Beaten by Tom Spring, 267
- Turn-up with Aby Belasco at Norwich, 267
- Beats “Swell” Williams, 267
- Miscalculation of the “knowing ones”, 268
- Beaten by Ned Turner in a “turn-up”, 269
- Second match with Phil Sampson, 269
- Beats Phil Sampson, 270
- Fracas with Jack Ford, 270
- Challenge to Martin and Garrol, 272
- Second match with “the Chatham Caulker”, 272
- A stormy day, a beak, and a move, 273
- Defeats Bowen, 274
- Challenges, 275
- Beats Barlow, “the Nottingham Youth”, 275
- Matched with Tom Shelton, 277
- Receives forfeit from Shelton, 278
- Matched with Jem Ward, 278
- Remarks on the capabilities of the combatants, 279
- Josh’s training costume, 279
- Defeats Jem Ward, 280
- The return from the fight, 283
- A speculation in bandannas, 284
- A silver cup voted to Josh, 284
- At the Fives Court, Hudson and Ward, 285
- Hudson and Sampson, impromptu, 285
- Presentation of a silver cup, 286
- The “no fight” affair with Sampson, 287
- His marriage—the “Half Moon Tap”, 288
- Josh’s gallantry—a ruffian punished, 288
- Josh, “mine uncle,” and the silver cup, 289
- Josh Hudson Junior, 290
- Died Oct. 8th, 1838, in Milton Street, Finsbury, 290
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- JONES, HARRY (“the Sailor Boy”).
- His many battles, 515
- His birth in Bristol, 516
- Apprenticed on board an Indiaman, 516
- Beaten by Latham, 516
- Beaten by Ned Stockman (twice), 516
- Bye-battles with Watts, Riley, and Peter Brookery, 516
- Beats Brown (“Sprig of Myrtle”), 517
- The Fighting “Typo,” a bride and a challenge, 517
- Beaten by Dick Price, 517
- Held to bail at Oxford, 518
- Beaten by Tom Reidie, 518
- And by Ned Stockman (third time), 518
- Beats Fred Edwards, 519
- Beats Mike Curtain, 519
- Defeats “Captain Corduroy”, 519
- The humours of Westminster in by-past times, 519
- A day’s outing—Harry Jones and Tommy O’Lynn, 520
- Jones defeats Tommy O’Lynn, 521
- Is beaten by Young Dutch Sam, 521
- Beats Knowlan, the Tumbler, 522
- Beats Mike Curtain the second time, 522
- Beats Tom Collins, 522
- Beats Pick, of Bristol, 522
- Beats Reuben Howe, 523
- Beaten by Charley Gybletts, 523
- Interrupted fight with Jem Raines, 524
- Beats Bob Simmonds, 525
- Second match with Jem Raines, 526
- Beats Ike Dodd, 527
- Beats Bill Savage, 528
- Matched with Ned Stockman, 529
- Beats Ned Stockman, 530
- Beats Barney Aaron, 530
- Beats Tom Reidie, 530
- Beats Frank Redmond, 530
- Beats George Watson, 531
- Beats Dick Hill, of Nottingham, 531
- Beats Perkins, of Oxford, 531
- Beats Gipsy Jack Cooper, 531
- Beaten by Tom Smith, 531
- His death, 531
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- LANGAN, JOHN (the Irish Champion).
- Birth and early days, 53
- Juvenile battles, 53
- Goes to sea, and adventure at Lisbon, 53
- Apprenticed to a sawyer, 53
- Apocryphal battles, 54
- Sir Daniel Donnelly on training, 57
- Fights with Pat Halton, 59
- —— with Carney, 60
- —— with Cummins, 60
- —— with Owen M’Gowran, 61
- Sails for South America as a volunteer in the War of Independence, 62
- Death of Langan’s brother—an old sailor of Nelson’s “Victory”, 63
- Lands at St. Marguerite—sufferings of the “patriots”, 64
- Made Quartermaster-Sergeant, 65
- Returns to Cork, and goes to Dublin, 65
- Becomes publican, 65
- An amatory episode and its consequences, 66
- Arrives in England, 66
- Battle with Vipond (or Weeping), 67
- Returns to Ireland, and imprisoned for damages, 68
- Challenged by Rough Robin, 68
- Challenges the Championship, 69
- Defeated at Worcester by Spring, 69
- Defeated a second time near Chichester, 69
- “The Black Fogle,” an ode, 70
- Langan’s Benefit at the Fives Court, 71
- Challenged by Jem Ward—no result, 71
- Sails for Ireland, 71
- Becomes a publican in Liverpool, 72
- His social character, 72
- His charities, 73
- His death, and eulogy, 73
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- MATTHEWSON, ARTHUR, of Birmingham.
- Beats Barney Aaron (note), 510
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- NEALE, NED (“the Streatham Youth”).
- Press penchant for Irish heroes, 291
- Born at Streatham, 291
- Witnesses fight between Martin and Turner, 291
- His patron, Mr. Sant, the brewer, 292
- Defeats Deaf Davis, 292
- Beats Cribb, of Brighton, 292
- Beats Miller, “Pea-soup Gardener”, 293
- Beats Hall, of Birmingham, 293
- Beats David Hudson (brother of Josh), 294
- Beats Tom Gaynor, 296
- Matched with Baldwin (“White-headed Bob”), and receives £100 forfeit, 297
- Matched a second time, and beats Baldwin, 297
- Beats Jem Burn, 299
- Visits Ireland, 301
- His marriage, 302
- Matched with Phil Sampson, 303
- Death of Mrs. Neale, and postponement of the match, 303
- Second match—defeats Sampson, 303
- Defeats Tom Cannon, “the Great Gun,” of Windsor, 308
- Matched a second time with Jem Burn, 310
- Beats Jem Burn, second time, 311
- Challenges any 12st. man, 313
- A silver cup proposed, 313
- Match with Jem Ward off, 314
- Third match with Baldwin, 314
- Drawn battle with Baldwin, 316
- Beaten by Baldwin, 320
- Presented with a silver cup, 320
- Matched with John Nicholls, 320
- Defeats Nicholls, 321
- Matched with Roche, 322
- Neale’s honesty—a “cross” defeated, 322
- Beats Roche, 323
- Retires from the Ring, 325
- Is challenged by Young Dutch Sam, and twice defeated, 325
- Is beaten by Tom Gaynor, 325
- Dies at the “Rose and Crown,” Norwood, 325
- NEAT, BILL, of Bristol.
- His birth, 104
- His fight with Churchill, 104
- Bristol the pugilistic nursery, 104
- Matched with Tom Oliver, 105
- Defeats Tom Oliver, 106
- Repairs to the Metropolis, 108
- Appears at the Fives Court, 108
- Matched with Spring, Neat breaks his arm, 109
- Challenges Cribb, 109
- Matched with Hickman, “the Gasman”, 109
- Scenes on the road, 110
- Defeats Hickman, 111
- Sensation in London, 114
- Matched a second time with Spring and defeated, 115
- Bristol in mourning, 116
- A Quakeress’ remonstrant, 116
- Letter from Mr. Joseph Fry, 117
- Neat’s character, 117
- Death at Bristol, aged 67, 117
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- OLIVER, TOM (Commissary of the P.R.).
- Born at Breadlow, Bucks, 89
- His first ring appearance, 89
- Beats Kimber and “Hopping Ned”, 89
- Beats Harry Lancaster, 90
- Beats Jack Ford, 90
- Beats George Cooper, 91
- Beats Ned Painter, 92
- Aspires to the Championship, 94
- Becomes a publican in Westminster, 94
- Beaten by Jack Carter, 94
- Beaten by Neat, of Bristol, 94
- Beats Kendrick, the black, 95
- Defeated by Dan Donnelly, 95
- Beats Tom Shelton, 96
- Beaten by Painter (second fight), 98
- Beaten by Spring, 98
- Beaten by Hickman, 98
- Beaten by Abbott, 99
- Becomes Commissary of the P.R., 99
- Challenge from Old Ben Burn, 99
- Adventures of the Ring-goers, 100
- The battle of the veterans, 102
- Tom’s victory, 103
- His retirement, and death, aged 75, 103
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- PAINTER, NED.
- His character, 74
- Early days at Stratford, Manchester, 74
- Sets-to with Carter—his strength, 75
- Arrives at Bob Gregson’s, 75
- Fight with Coyne, 75
- Fight with Alexander, “the Gamekeeper”, 75
- Beaten by Tom Oliver, 76
- Beaten by Shaw, the Life-Guardsman, 77
- Matched with Oliver a second time, 78
- Polite pugilistic letter-writing, 78
- Oliver arrested during his training, and proposal to fight at Calais, 78
- Fight with Sutton, the black, 79
- Second fight with Sutton, 79
- His foot-racing and athletic capabilities, 80
- His defeat by Spring, 82
- Painter defeats Spring, 83
- His farewell to the Ring, 83
- Becomes publican at Norwich, 83
- His character vindicated from current slanders, 84
- Forfeits to Spring, 84
- Matched with Tom Oliver, 85
- Defeat of Oliver, 87
- His retirement and death, 88
- PERKINS, JACK (“the Oxford Pet”).
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- REID, ALEC (“the Chelsea Snob”).
- Came of a fighting family, 412
- Beats Finch, and opens a sparring school, 412
- Beats Sam Abbott, 413
- Beats Yandell, 413
- Beats O’Rafferty, 413
- Defeated by Dick Defoe, 413
- Beats Harris, the waterman, 414
- Beats Underhill, 414
- Receives forfeit from Gipsy Cooper, 415
- Beats Gipsy Cooper, 415
- A “turn-up” with Maurice Delay, 416
- A draw with Bill Savage, 416
- Matched with Bishop Sharpe, 416
- A suspicious “draw”, 417
- Matched with Jubb, of Cheltenham, 417
- Beats Jubb, 418
- Is defeated by Tom Gaynor, 418
- Beaten by Bishop Sharpe, 419
- Bound in recognisances for twelve months, 419
- Third match with Bishop Sharpe, 419
- Beats Bishop Sharpe, 420
- Matched with Perkins, of Oxford, 423
- Beats “the Oxford Pet”, 424
- Dies in 1875, aged 73, 427
- REDMOND, FRANK (note), 302.
- REYNOLDS, TOM.
- The Mentor of Langan and Byrne, 477
- Of Irish birth, 477
- Comes to London, 477
- His literary ability, 477
- Fails in business, 477
- Becomes a pugilist, 478
- A battle in the “Old Fleet”, 478
- Beats Aby Belasco, 479
- Beats Church, 479
- And Johnson (“the Broom-dasher”), 479
- Becomes a publican in Drury Lane, 479
- An accident and a tour, 479
- Returns to Ireland, 479
- Beats John Dunn on the Curragh, 479
- Returns to England, 479
- Beats Sammons, of Lancashire, 479
- Returns to Ireland, 480
- Takes Langan under his tuition and care, 480
- Becomes patron of Simon Byrne, 480
- A publican in Dublin, 480
- His “Defence of Pugilism”, 480
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- SAMPSON, PHIL (“the Birmingham Youth”).
- His birth, in Yorkshire, 454
- Migrates in early life to Birmingham, 454
- Gregson in Birmingham, 454
- An impromptu battle with Dolly Smith, 455
- Is beaten by Josh Hudson for “a purse”, 455
- A disputed battle with Aby Belasco, 456
- A “turn-up” with Aby, 457
- A glove-fight at the Tennis Court, 457
- Beaten by Jack Martin, 457
- Beats Tom Dye, the table-lifter, 457
- A second glove-fight with Belasco, 458
- Beaten by Charley Grantham (“Gybletts”), 459
- Beaten by Bill Abbot, 459
- Beaten by Bill Hall, 459
- Leaves London, 459
- Beats Bill Hall, 460
- Matched with Aby Belasco, 460
- Beats Belasco, 461
- Challenges Jem Ward, and is beaten, 462
- Is beaten a second time by Ward, 462
- Matched with Jem Burn, 464
- Beats Jem Burn, 465
- Third match with Hall, 466
- Beats Hall, 467
- A “turn-up” with Josh Hudson, 467
- And a thrashing from Jem Ward, 467
- Challenges “Big Brown”, 467
- Matched with Paul Spencer, 467
- Two fights in one with Spencer, 468
- Buncombe challenges, 470
- Matched again with “Big Brown”, 470
- Beats “Big Brown”, 471
- Triumphant return to Birmingham, 474
- SHARPE, BISHOP (“the Bold Smuggler”).
- A seaman in His Majesty’s service, 428
- His early career, 428
- Beats Jack Cooper, “the Gipsy”, 429
- Defeats Cooper a second and third time, 430
- Beats Ben Warwick, 430
- Draw with Alec Reid, 430
- Beats Alec Reid, 431
- Matched with Tom Gaynor, 433
- Beats Tom Gaynor, 434
- Matched with Young Dutch Sam, 435
- Receives forfeit from Young Dutch Sam, 436
- Is defeated by Alec Reid, 436
- His death, 436
- SPRING, THOMAS WINTER (Champion). 1814–1824.
- His birth and early days, 1, 2
- His battles with—
- Tom Cribb’s retirement, Spring claims the Championship, 12
- His marriage, 12
- Forfeits to Neat, 15
- Matched with Neat, 17
- In custody for attending a fight on Brighton Downs, 18
- Fight with Neat, 19
- Revisits his native place, and receives the “Hereford” Cup, 23
- Jack Langan’s challenge, 23
- Matched with Langan, 24
- First fight with Langan, at Worcester, 24
- Accident at the Worcester Grand Stand, 25
- Newspaper correspondence and buncombe, 31
- Again matched with Langan, for £500 a-side, 33
- Fighting on a stage, 33
- Spring’s benefit, and dinner at the “Castle”, 35
- The eve of the fight—scenes in Chichester, 36
- Second fight with Langan, 38
- Spring’s triumph—meeting with Langan, 45
- Takes the “Castle” Tavern, Holborn, 45
- Reminiscences of the “Castle”, 48
- Presentation of “Manchester” Cup (1824), 49
- The “Champion Testimonial”, 49
- His death, 20th August, 1851, 51
- His monument at Norwood Cemetery, 51
- SUTTON, HARRY (“the Black”).
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- WARD, JEM (Champion). 1822–1831.
- Pugilistic reporters and writers of the Period: V. Dowling, George Kent, George Daniels, S. Smith, Pierce Egan, &c., 199
- Candidates for the Championship on the retirement of Tom Spring, 200
- Birth and parentage of “the Black Diamond”, 200
- Beats Dick Acton, 201
- Challenges Jack Martin for £150, 202
- Beats Burke, of Woolwich, 202
- Beaten (?) by Dick Acton, 202
- The stakes drawn and bets off, 203
- Ward’s letter and apology, 204
- Beats Ned Baldwin (“White-headed Bob”), 205
- Beats Rickens, of Bath, at Landsdowne, 205
- Beats Jemmy the Black, 206
- Returns to the London P.R., 206
- Beaten by Josh Hudson, 206
- Beats Phil Sampson, 206
- Challenges Langan, who had retired, 207
- Claims the Championship, 207
- Second fight with Phil Sampson, 207
- Challenges Cannon for £500 a-side, 208
- The challenge accepted, 209
- Excitement at Warwick, 210
- “The Old Squire” (Osbaldeston) referee, 212
- Beats Tom Cannon, 213
- Receives a belt at the Fives Court, 214
- Dispute on giving up the stakes, 215
- Challenges all comers, 216
- Turn-up with Sampson, 217
- Beaten by Peter Crawley, 217
- Challenges Peter Crawley, who declines, 217
- Brown, of Bridgnorth, declines to fight except on a stage, 218
- Accident at the Tennis Court, 219
- Challenged by Carter, 219
- Beats Carter, 220
- Receives forfeit from Simon Byrne, 222
- Matched with Simon Byrne, 223
- Public disappointment and Ward’s forfeit of the stakes, 225
- Renewal of the match with Byrne, 226
- Arrest of Byrne for his fight with Alexander Mackay, 226
- Byrne’s acquittal and new match, 226
- Preliminaries of the fight, 227
- Beats Simon Byrne, 229
- Receives a second belt, 231
- Becomes a publican at Liverpool, 231
- Ward’s talent as a painter, 232
- Returns to London, 232
- Interview with Ward (aged 80 years) in June, 1880, 232