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SAYERS, TOM (1826–1865)

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SAYERS, TOM (1826–1865)

SAYERS, TOM (1826–1865) , See also:

ENGLISH

English pugilist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

BRIGHTON

Brighton on the 25th of May 1826. By See also:

trade a bricklayer, he began his career as a See also:

PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize fighter in 1849 and won See also:

BATTLE

battle after battle, his single defeat being at the hands of Nat See also:

LANGHAM, SIMON (d. 1376)

Langham in See also:

OCTOBER

October 1853. In 1857 he gained the championship. His fight with the See also:

AMERICAN

American, See also:

John C. Heenan, the Benicia Boy, a much heavier See also:

man than himself, is perhaps the most famous in the See also:

HISTORY

history of the English prize See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring. It took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at See also:

Farnborough on the 17th of See also:

APRIL

April 186o and lasted two See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours and six minutes, See also:

THIRTY

thirty-seven rounds being fought. After Sayers's right See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm had been injured the See also:

CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd pressed into the ring and the fight was declared a draw. £3000 was raised by public subscription for Sayers, who withdrew from the ring and died on the 8th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1865. The See also:

CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion was 5 ft. 82 in. in height and his fighting See also:

WEIGHT

weight was under 11 See also:

stone. An See also:

account of the fight between Sayers and Heenan is given by See also:

Frederick Locker-Lampson in My Confidences (1896).

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