Also known as
Laurence Foley · Father of Australian Boxing
Description
Australian middleweight boxer and teacher, "Father of Australian
Boxing", a protégé of Jem Mace. After beating Abe Hicken in 1879 he opened
a boxing academy at his White Horse Hotel in Sydney, with Mace as an instructor,
introduced the Queensberry Rules to Australia, and trained Bob Fitzsimmons,
Peter Jackson, Young Griffo and Frank Slavin. He controlled Australian boxing
into the early 1900s.
Teachers (1)
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Jem Mace
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Coach (1879)
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Independent sources state it.
“Sydney’s first important promoter was Laurence “Larry” Foley (ca. 1849–1917), a
Jem Mace protégé who effectively controlled Australian boxing from the 1870s to
the early 1900s.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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“Former English champion Jem Mace, who trained Foley for his championship bout
with Hicken, helped open the school and continued as an instructor.”
Students (4)
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Bob Fitzsimmons
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“He was known worldwide for the quality of his boxing training, and acted as a
promoter as well at times, helping to mold the career of his most gifted student
Bob Fitzsimmons, who would become a champion in three weight classes.”
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Young Griffo
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His own account, via Wikipedia; Foley's record agrees.
“He said in a 1902 interview with The Cincinnati Enquirer that Larry Foley of
Sydney had acted as an important early boxing mentor, and indeed Griffo had
trained at Foley's boxing school at Sydney's White Horse Hotel”
“At his gym at the White Horse, Foley taught, trained and guided the careers of
the great boxers Young Griffo, Bob Fitzsimmons, Paddy Slavin, and Peter Jackson
as well as the lesser known Dan Creedon and George Dawson.”
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Peter Jackson
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“Both Slavin and Jackson had trained under Larry Foley and a real feud had
existed between them for several years, due to Slavin's racism and a
romantic triangle with a woman named Josie Leon.”
— Peter Jackson (boxer) - Wikipedia (English).
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“At his gym at the White Horse, Foley taught, trained and guided the careers of
the great boxers Young Griffo, Bob Fitzsimmons, Paddy Slavin, and Peter Jackson
as well as the lesser known Dan Creedon and George Dawson.”
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Frank Slavin
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“He was a pioneer of prizefighting in his country, fighting under the tutelage
of Larry Foley.”
— Frank "Paddy" Slavin - Wikipedia
(English). Wikipedia (English)link
history
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“At his gym at the White Horse, Foley taught, trained and guided the careers of
the great boxers Young Griffo, Bob Fitzsimmons, Paddy Slavin, and Peter Jackson
as well as the lesser known Dan Creedon and George Dawson.”
Identifiers
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Larry Foley. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNJBK7WVKR797CX3WY - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNJBK7WVKR797CX3WY, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Larry Foley}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNJBK7WVKR797CX3WY}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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