Boxer Born Pimlico. Worked as a bricklayer building King's Cross Station. Became the first "world champion" boxer. Defeated only once, in a fight that lasted 61 rounds. His 1860 fight with the American John Heenan lasted 37 rounds at the end of which his arm was found to be broken. The fight was declared a draw.
Died at the home of a friend in Camden High Street. His burial at Highgate Cemetery is said to have been attended by ten thousand people, and his dog Lion, whose statue appears on the grave.
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Tom Sayers
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The Round Table
Round Table The neighbourhood of St. Martins Lane was, in the middle of the ...
Other Subjects
Edward Beadon Turner, F.R.C.S.
For many years he took a prominent part in the work of the British Medical Association having been chairman of the representative body from 1915-1918 and a member of the Council from 1912-1931. He ...
1 memorial
University Boat Race
A race on the River Thames, now run annually between Oxford and Cambridge universities. It was started by Charles Merivale, a student at Cambridge and Charles Wordsworth from Oxford. The gruelling ...
2 memorials
Crystal Hale
Campaigner and community activist. Daughter of Sir Alan Herbert, she lived in Islington for almost 50 years. In the 1960s her house overlooked the City Road Basin and she led the campaign to save i...
2 memorials
Charles Alfred Bristow
Founder-President of the Imperial College Boat Club in 1919 and for over 50 years, coach and inspiration.
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games
1 memorial
William Henry Edmunds
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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