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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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During 1820 Harry Holt spars at Benefits for pugilists like Jack Scroggins, Jack Martin, Ned Turner, Bill Eales, Tom Belcher & Jack Randall. He also regularly acts as a Second for several minor boxers at fighting grounds like Hurst, Downs & Common.

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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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Moulsey Hurst was a flat open grassed area on the side of the river in West 15mi from reached by crossing the river at . It's one of the oldest sporting grounds in England referred to in the 1800’s as the 'Olympic ground of Moulsey Hurst’

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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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On Tuesday the 20th of August 1816, at the age of 25 Harry Holt entered the Ring for the first time with Joe Parish, the ‘Waterman’ at Moulsey Hurst in front of an estimated 15,000 spectators. (Picture: Isaac Robert Cruickshank: Going to a Fight 1819, Moulsey Hurst)

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