Description
English prizefighter, a student of James Figg, who took over Figg's Oxford
Road amphitheatre in 1731; Jack Broughton fought there often.
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James Figg
sports_martial_artsBoxing
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“His students included early professional prizefighters such as William
Flanders, William Gill, and Thomas Sibblis, as well as men of the gentry and
nobility.”
Sources
“He frequently appeared as a fighter at the amphitheatres of Thomas Sibblis, who
had taken over James Figg's venue in 1731, and James Stokes.”
— Jack Broughton - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Thomas Sibblis. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNEGHP82K70QDXRATZ - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNEGHP82K70QDXRATZ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Thomas Sibblis}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNEGHP82K70QDXRATZ}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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