HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#OTD 26May1825
Champion of England Tom Spring holds a Sparring Benefit at the Fives Court where he officially retires from the #PrizeRing leaving the Championship title up for grabs. Spring leaves #London & takes the lease of the Booth Hall in #Hereford where he stays until 1828.
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#OTD 22May1829
After failing to produce £200 in Stake Money entrusted to him, Pierce Egan is sued by Young Dutch Sam & forced to auction off all his possessions. Egan is financially ruined & his bond with the #PrizeRing irreparably broken.
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#OTD 22May1814
The Pugilistic Club (P.C.) is formally established with its 1st public dinner at the Thatched House Tavern 74 St James’s St #Westminster. The P.C. was created to structure the #London #PrizeRing in an attempt to remove corruption.
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#OTD 20May1825
In his 1st #PrizeRing fight Jonathan Bissell ‘Young Gas’ defeats Tom Gaynor in 72rds & 1hr30min at #Epsom Races. Young Gas Seconded by Harry HOLT & Dick Curtis, Gaynor by Tom Oliver & Jem Ward.
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#OTD 18May1822
The Champion of #England, Tom Cribb holds a Sparring Benefit at the Fives Court where he formally retires from the #PrizeRing handing the Championship to Tom Spring.
Tom Cribb was Champion of England from 1808-1822 🏴🥊
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HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
2 followers · 12 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukHi #histodons let me make an #introduction I'm writing a #Biography of Harry Holt(1791-1844) a Bareknuckle Boxer from 1816-1820. I Toot about His life, the London Prize Ring and the famous, infamous and notorious characters in it.
Also Lord #Chesterfield 's Letters (1774) and Francis #Grose 's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1788)
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