Description
English lightweight prizefighter. The death of "Brighton Bill"
Phelps after their 1838 bout, and Swift's conviction for manslaughter, led
to the London Prize Ring Rules. In 1838 he twice beat Jack Adams in France; in
Paris he also beat Charles Lecour in a savate-against-boxing assault. He later
kept a tavern in Soho.
Honours (1)
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receipt_longLightweight champion
Probable
Title
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“the result of a bout with the popular lightweight champion Owen Swift (ca.
1815–1879)”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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Sources
“Swift's last two fights were both with Jack Adams, on 5 June and 5
September 1838, both in France.”
“il se mesura avec le célèbre boxeur anglais Owen – Swift.”
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Owen Swift. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNPEC9P92Z9ZHEPNHF - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNPEC9P92Z9ZHEPNHF, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Owen Swift}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNPEC9P92Z9ZHEPNHF}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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