From the autobiographal memoir of famous British Novelist George Borrow
( born 1803 in Dereham,Norfolk)
scroll down about a quarter of this page to chapter XXVI
to read his account of the English pugilists of the Regency Era
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/452/452-h/452-h.htm
"Bruisers of England" by George Borrow (LAVENGRO-published 1851)
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Re: "Bruisers of England" by George Borrow (LAVENGRO-published 1851)
here are the names of pugilists that he names in the chapter.
Cribb
Belcher'
Savage Shelton
terrible Randall
Ned Turner
Bulldog Hudson
fearless Scroggins
Black Richmond
Kean
Sam the Jew
Tom of Bedford
and some fighters of yore
Broughton
Slack
Ben
Cribb
Belcher'
Savage Shelton
terrible Randall
Ned Turner
Bulldog Hudson
fearless Scroggins
Black Richmond
Kean
Sam the Jew
Tom of Bedford
and some fighters of yore
Broughton
Slack
Ben
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Re: "Bruisers of England" by George Borrow (LAVENGRO-published 1851)
how good was "Kean" ? anyway.
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Re: "Bruisers of England" by George Borrow (LAVENGRO-published 1851)
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Re: "Bruisers of England" by George Borrow (LAVENGRO-published 1851)
Just one known fight, in which he had huge advantage in weight, 10st 4lb Kean vs 8st 7lb Larkins.