From Sporting Life - Saturday 23 December 1882 page 3
First Heat 21st December
JOE STUBBINS (Nottingham) beat T.H GARDNER (Manchester) "commencing the third round, the referee, seeing that Gardner had in no way recovered, and possessed no chance, stopped the contest, and declared Stubbins the winner."
CHARLES MITCHELL (Birmingham) beat GEO. COX (Holloway)
JOHN MASSEY (Bloomsbury) beat G. Casley (Forest Gate) "In the third round Casley went rather groggy, so the referee stopped the contest, and told Massey that he was satisfied."
W. MIDDINGS (Clerkenwell) beat JOHN KNIFTON (Kingsland)
WILLIAM ENGLAND (Canning Town) beat TOM HOPE (Nottinghill) "Nevertheless, on points it was a very near thing at the close, so another round of 2min was ordered. Very little was done in this, and England was declared the winner"
W. SPRINGALL (Battersea) beat C. NORTH (Nottingham) "Springall, after taking a good lead in the first round, did not punish the old-'un unnecessarily, and at the conclusion both were warmly applauded."
Second round 22nd December
C. MITCHELL beat W. SPRINGALL
Dick ROBERTS beat W. Shaw
J. MASSEY beat R. WALLIS
PAT CONDON beat T. Maloy.
J. STUBBINS beat C. HUDSON "Hudson, with the advantage in height, was more agile than Stubbins, who anxiously eyed his man, and, after a few scrimmages, hit him with the right on the point of the jaw which concluded the round, after boxing only 2min 25sec."
Jem Goode beat W. England
From Sporting Life - Tuesday 26 December 1882
THIRD ROUND. 23 December
CHARLES MITCHELL (Birmingham) beat JOE STUBBINS (Nottingham)
JEM GOODE (Mile-End New Town) beat John Massey(Bloomsburry)
DICK ROBERTS (Clerkenwell) beat PAT CONDON (Haggerston) "Still, at the end of the thirf round, the judges could not agree so another round of two minutes was ordered.
FOURTH ROUND. 23 December
MITCHELL beat HEAL
ROBERTS beat GOODE.
FINAL HEAT 23 December MITCHELL beat ROBERTS and won the Championship
It also gave a table of ages, height and weights, but Hudson's weight was unreadable
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Name............ Hails from...... Age. Height. st Ib
Joe Stubbins.... Nottingham...... 24.. 5 7.... 11 8
T. H. Gardner... Manchester...... 30.. 5 7½... 10 8
C. Mitchell..... Birmingham...... 21.. 5 8½... 10 3
G. Cox.......... Hollowat........ 26.. 6 1.... 13 0
J. Massey....... Bloomsbury...... 30.. 5 8½... 11 12
G. Casley....... Forest Gate......28.. 5 7.... 11 0
W. Middings..... Clerkenwell..... 25.. 5 6.... 11 3
J. Knifton...... Kingsland....... 30.. 6 2.... 15 0
Peter Brislin... Islington....... 25.. 5 5½... 12 0
Jem Goode....... Mile-End........ 32.. 5 8½... 11 0
W. Shaw......... Manchester...... 27.. 5 11½.. 11 12
Robert Wallis... Covent Garden... 25.. 6 3.... 14 9
William England. Canning Town.... 28.. 5 10½.. 13 7
W. Springall.... Buttersea....... 30.. 5 5½... 11 12
C. North........ Nottingham...... 45.. 5 7.... 10 12
Dick Roberts.... Clerkenwell..... 25.. 5 6½... 10 2
Pat Condon...... Haggerston...... 28.. 5 7½... 10 7
Charles Hudson.. North Woolwich.. 24.. 5 10½.. 1(?) 7
W. Heal......... Glastonbury..... 28.. 5 11... 11 8
Tom Maloy....... Leeds........... 22.. 5 6½... 10 9
Tom Hope........ Notting Hill.... 32.. 5 9½... 11 7