Also known as
Stephen Nathaniel Langham · Old Nat
Description
English middleweight prize fighter from Hinckley, taught at Dick Cain's
sparring rooms in Leicester, English middleweight champion from 1846 and the
only man to beat Tom Sayers. In retirement he ran London taverns and a boxing
club, was Jem Mace's matchmaker, and mentored Mace and Tom King.
Teachers (1)
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Dick Cain
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“After a neighborhood brawl, he was discovered by Leicester pugilist Dick Cain,
and learned to box at Cain's sparring rooms at the Castle Tavern, at
Leicester's 43 Gallowtree Gate.”
Students (2)
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Tom King
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(1861–1862)
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“He trained carefully for his bouts with Young Broome and Mace under the
tuteledge [sic] of boxer Nat Langham.”
— Thomas King (boxer) - Wikipedia (English).
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“In his boxing retirement, he became the matchmaking manager of the first
official English heavyweight champion, Jem Mace, and occasionally mentored
Mace's student Tom King.”
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Jem Mace
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Wikipedia only; it says mentor, and Langham was also his matchmaker.
“He was a 1992 inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and a mentor
to the British boxers Tom King and Jem Mace.”
Honours (1)
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receipt_longEnglish middleweight champion
Probable
Title (1846-11-23)
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“Langham first took the championship by defeating George Gutteridge on 23
November 1846.”
Sources
“He was a 1992 inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and a mentor
to the British boxers Tom King and Jem Mace.”
Identifiers
https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXN1CG8GCKHABYWR5C
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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Nat Langham. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXN1CG8GCKHABYWR5C - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5KQTRGXN1CG8GCKHABYWR5C, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Nat Langham}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXN1CG8GCKHABYWR5C}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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