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SAYERS, TOM (18261865)

This article appears in Volume V24, Page 277 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SAR-SCY
SAYERS, TOM (18261865) ,
English
  pugilist, was born at
Brighton
  on the 25th of May 1826. By
trade
  a bricklayer, he began his career as a prize fighter in 1849 and won battle after battle, his single defeat being at the hands of Nat
Langham
  in October 1853. In 1857 he gained the championship. His fight with the American, John C. Heenan, the Benicia Boy, a much heavier man than himself, is perhaps the most famous in the history of the
English
  prize ring. It took place at Farnborough on the 17th of
April
  186o and lasted two
hours
  and six minutes, thirty-seven rounds being fought. After
Sayers
 's right arm had been injured the 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 November 1865. The champion was 5 ft. 82 in. in height and his fighting
weight
  was under 11 stone. An account of the fight between Sayers and Heenan is given by Frederick Locker-Lampson in My Confidences (1896).


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