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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- English Bare Knuckle Champion

Thomas Owen
(the "Fighting Oilman")

BORN   December 21 1768; Portsea, England
DIED December 13 1843; Plumstead, England (near Woolwich)
HEIGHT.. 5-8
WEIGHT 168 lbs

Owen was a scientific boxer who was very strong, tough and game; He was an oilman and publican by trade and is credited for being the inventor of the dumbbell

 
Undated
       Bill Savage               near Portsea, Eng            (60:00) W   

1796
Nov 14 William Hooper            Harrow, Eng                (1:04:00) W 40
          -Championship of England

1797
Feb    William Hooper            near Jeffries Close, Eng             W   
          -Championship of England
Aug 22 Jack Bartholomew          Moulsey Hurst, Eng           (30:00) L 26
          -Championship of England;
           Some sources report "Sunbury Common, Eng";

          * Some historians do not accept this fight as a title contest

1799
Sep  2 Housa, the Jew            Enfield, Eng                 (42:00) L   
Dec  7 Jack Davis                Deptford, Eng                (60:00) W   

1800
       "Fighting Tar"            Portsmouth, Eng              (50:00) W   

1820
Jul  4 Daniel Mendoza            Banstead Downs, Eng          (15:00) W 12
Record courtesy of Jan Skotnicki, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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