Paddington Jones

Bare-knuckle pugilist.

Jones, Tom (Paddington), born 1769; wt., 10 st. 5 lb.;
b. Sailor (One-eye) three battles for 10gs., 5gs., and 7gs., Hyde Park, February, 1786;
b. Jack Holmes, 1½gs., Harley Fields, December 19, 1786;
b. Aldridge, 2gs. to a watch, 60r., Marylebone, December 19, 1787;
dr. with Caleb Baldwin, £20, Smitham Bottom, May 14, 1792;
b. A. Challice, 30gs. sub., 15m., Bentley Green, September 5, 1792;
b. Keeley Lyons (J.), 20gs., 10m., Blackheath, May 10, 1794;
b. Keeley Lyons, 10gs, 16m., 9r., Hounslow, June 22, 1795;
fought Harris the Spaniard for a purse, 20m., Lansdowne, August 12, 1795 (Harris bolted with purse);
b. the Chaffcutter, 4gs., 38m., 22r., Two Waters, Herts, April 6, 1797;
bn. by Jem Belcher,
bn. by Isaac Bittoon,
b. G. Nicholls, 40gs., 4r., Norwood Common, March, 1802;
b. Simpson, 10gs., 10r., Edgware Road, June, 1804;
b. K. Lyons, 10gs., 15m., Blackheath, August 6, 1805.
Died at Paddington, August 2, 1833, aged 64.
Jones fought a great number of minor battles, and was for many years the M.C. at the Fives and Tennis Court.

Source: Famous Fights-Past and Present - No. 055