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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jem_MaceJem Mace - Wikipedia

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   English heavyweight champion, 1861. Jem Mace, baseball card. On 18 June 1861, he first won the title of Heavyweight Champion of England by defeating reigning champion Sam Hurst in 8 rounds, and 40 minutes at Medway Island, Kent. Langham had carefully schooled Mace in the finer points of boxing.

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3. www.liveauctioneers.com › item › 10148198_8111081110: Circa 1900 Jem Mace Signed Cut Signature with Po

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   This fine 9/10 black fountain pen offering will do the trick nicely for one advanced hobbyist, a bold "J.M. Mace" signature attractively matted and framed beneath a late 19th century artistic portrait print.

4. sports.ha.com › itm › boxing-collectiblesCirca 1900 Jem Mace Signed Cut Signature with Portrait Print....

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   Circa 1900 Jem Mace Signed Cut Signature with Portrait Print. He defeated Sam Hurst and Medway Island, Kent to - Available at 2011 November 10-11 Vintage...

5. wearetheenglish.com › jem-mace---master-of-theJem Mace - Master of the Ring - We Are The English

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   Jem Mace commanded respect wherever he went, and for genuine reasons, and so it seems fair to say that he was the living embodiment of the famous ‘winning lottery ticket’ adage in respect of his Englishness.

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   Jem Mace brought a more scientific style of fighting to the ring than did most of his predecessors. Before making fighting his career, Mace worked as an apprentice cabinetmaker and as a fiddler. He defeated Slasher Slack in his first professional fight in 1855.

7. www.greatbritishlife.co.uk › magazines › norfolkJem Mace: Victorian era boxer, busker and bigamist

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   Jun 7, 2023 · Black and white published drawing of first 1862 championship fight between Jem Mace and Tom King with King striking a blow to Mace's eye. He signed up with the proprietor of a small touring circus, charged with ‘sorting out’ any disruptive intruders and entertaining the crowds on his fiddle.

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   Why was Jem Mace so popular?

   • Initially he did very well but his popularity fell rapidly when an article in a prominent magazine described him, scathingly, as a coward. The reason for the story was Jem’s failure to show up for a fight. A blue plaque marks the site of the White Swan, Norwich, where Victorian boxer Jem Mace was the landlord.

   Jem Mace: Victorian era boxer, busker and bigamist - Great British Life

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   Did Jem Mace fight slasher slack?

   • Jem Mace brought a more scientific style of fighting to the ring than did most of his predecessors. Before making fighting his career, Mace worked as an apprentice cabinetmaker and as a fiddler. He defeated Slasher Slack in his first professional fight in 1855.

   Jem Mace - International Boxing Hall of Fame

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   Why was Jem Mace a landlord?

   • A blue plaque marks the site of the White Swan, Norwich, where Victorian boxer Jem Mace was the landlord. The true reason wasn’t cowardice, it was simply that, having, the previous night, been caught in bed with a barmaid by his trainer, he had, in frustration, gone on the bender to end all benders. But he could hardly use that as an alibi.

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   Did Mace take notes on King's style?

   • Mace had taken notes on King’s style, an unusual practice in those days. On a cold, rainy January day, Mace struggled for 22 rounds with the larger King, who outweighed him by about 25 pounds. King’s punches closed Mace’s left eye and almost closed his right. In the 30th round, Mace backheeled King, who fell on his head.

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9. www.hachette.com.au › adrian-besley › gypsy-jem-maceGypsy Jem Mace: First Heavyweight Champion of the World

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   Aug 11, 2016 · One of them is the legendary Gypsy Jem Mace, the first Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and the last of the great bare-knuckle fighters. This is the story of Jem Mace's life. Born in Norfolk in 1931, between his first recorded fight, in October 1855, and his last - at the age of nearly 60 - he became the greatest fighter the world has ...