Simpson · Lineage tree

Description

English prizefighter known only by his surname, a pupil of Tom Johnson, beaten by Tom Jones on the green near Putney in June 1804.

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  Tom Johnson

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  Probable

  Miles calls him Johnson's pupil; one source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Miles calls him Johnson's pupil; one source.

  “Simpson, a pupil of Tom Johnson’s, upon whom considerable expectations had been raised, was matched against Jones for 10 guineas a-side”

  — Miles, Henry Downes. (1906). Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 1link info

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