Tom Sayers - Champion of England - Bare Knuckle Prize Fighter - 1860
by War Is Hell Store
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Tom Sayers - Champion of England - Bare Knuckle Prize Fighter - 1860
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War Is Hell Store
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Drawing - Print
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This mid 19th century British Boxing History print features Tom Sayers, an English bare-knuckle prize fighter, who was born at Pimlico, near Brighton, England, in 1826, had a height 5 feet 8 inches, and sported a fighting weight of 150 lbs. Hailing from London’s slums, he took up boxing at a time when there were no formal weight divisions or rules, owing to which his opponents were often larger than him.
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