1863 newspaper w Early CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Match TOM KING DEFEATS JOHN C HEENAN for Sale

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1863 newspaper w Early CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Match TOM KING DEFEATS JOHN C HEENAN For Sale

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1863 newspaper w Early CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Match TOM KING DEFEATS JOHN C HEENAN:
$30.00

1863 newspaper with coverage of a major Championship Boxing Match - TOM KING DEFEATS JOHN C HEENAN - inv # 4G-307

SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINALCivil War NEWSPAPER,the Alexandria Gazette (VA) dated Dec 24, 1863.

This newspaper contains a long (1/2 column of text) detailed inside page account of the famous BOXING MATCH (in England) between JohnC Heenan and Tom King.

John Camel Heenan, aka the Benicia Boy (2 May 1834–28 October 1873) was an American bare-knuckle prize fighter. Though highly regarded, he had only three formal fights in his entire career, losing two and drawing one.

Heenan is best remembered for his second contest, when he travelled to England to fight British champion Tom Sayers. The bout, generally seen as boxing’s first world championship, ended in chaos when spectators broke into the ring and the police intervened. The referee finally called a draw. The Benicia Boy came home to a hero’s welcome, but later returned to England where he had just one more fight, losing controversially to new British champion, Tom King.

Tom King (born: 14 August 1835 died: 3 October 1888) also known as \"The Fighting Sailor\" was an English boxer who fought both bare-knuckle and with gloves. Strong, fast, and durable he was a skilled pugilist. He retired from the ring in 1863, as the Heavyweight Champion of England, following his defeat of the boxer Jem Mace.

The next great fight was 20 December 1863 for £2000 against John C Heenan, the American fighter who had fought the celebrated British boxer Thomas Sayers to a controversial draw for the heavyweight title in 1860. Following the draw Heenan had been unofficially acclaimed the heavyweight champion, so the defence of this title against Heenan was an important march in English boxing. Thomas Sayers himself acted as Heenan\'s second in this match, the last time the legendary pugilist entered a boxing ring before his early death in 1865. The bout was held at Cockmounts Farm, Wadhurst, East Sussex. The fight lasted 35 minutes and 25 rounds. For the first 17 rounds the fighting appeared even, but in the 18th round King seemed to gain the advantage. In the 19th round Heenan, however, knocked King down, arguably knocking him out, but supporters of King broke into the ring. In the two minutes it took to clear the ring, King was able to regain his senses and went on to deliver a convincing defeat of Heenan. Adding to the controversy, Heenan later claimed that his performance was poor because his water had been drugged when King’s supporters broke the ring, although this claim was only made some time after the fight.

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