Also known as
Thomas Winter
Description
English prizefighter born Thomas Winter. Tom Cribb brought him to London under
his patronage in 1814 and handed him the championship in 1822; he retired in
1824 and kept the Castle Inn, Holborn, a centre of the prize ring.
Honours (1)
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receipt_longChampion of England
Probable
Title (1822-05-15)
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“On Cribb's public retirement at the Fives Court on 15th May 1822 he handed
over the championship title to Spring.”
“Dowling (1841) records that 'On 15 May 1822, Cribb publicly resigned the
championship on the stage of the Fives Court, on which occasion he was presented
with a belt, and was succeeded by Tom Spring'.”
Sources
“Jackson, Cribb, as well as younger fighters such as Tom Spring (Thomas Winter,
1795–1851) and Peter Crawley (1799–1865) fulfilled their role with aplomb.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Tom Spring. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNEBNSJN5X4GTQ06V5 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNEBNSJN5X4GTQ06V5, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Tom Spring}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNEBNSJN5X4GTQ06V5}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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