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    • Tom King

    United Kingdom
    b. 1835-08-14, Stepney, LondonBorn 1835-08-14, Stepney, London
    d. 1888-10-03Died 1888-10-03
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    Also known as

    Thomas King · The Fighting Sailor

    Description

    English boxer, "The Fighting Sailor", trained by the retired champion Jem Ward and later under Nat Langham. He lost to Jem Mace in January 1862, beat him in the rematch, and retired in 1863 as heavyweight champion of England.

    Teachers (2)

    • person
      Nat Langham
      sports_martial_artsBoxing Probable
      Probable
      Wikipedia only.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      (1861–1862)
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      2 sources expand_more
      fact_check
      Wikipedia only.
      “He trained carefully for his bouts with Young Broome and Mace under the tuteledge [sic] of boxer Nat Langham.”
      — Thomas King (boxer) - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
      “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.”
      — Nat Langham - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    • person
      Jem Ward
      sports_martial_artsBoxing Probable
      Probable
      Wikipedia only.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      2 sources expand_more
      fact_check
      Wikipedia only.
      “King's brawling bought him to the attention of the retired boxing champion Jem Ward who began to train him in earnest.”
      — Thomas King (boxer) - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
      “He taught the boxing arts to students, one of whom, Tom King, defeated the legendary Jem Mace to become champion in 1863.”
      — Jem Ward - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

    Lineage

    • Boxing Nat Langham ← Dick Cain · 2 generations

    Honours (1)

    • receipt_longChampion of England Probable
      Probable
      Wikipedia only.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      Title
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Wikipedia only.
      “He retired from the ring in 1863, as the Heavyweight Champion of England, following his defeat of the reigning champion Jem Mace and American contender John C. Heenan.”
      — Thomas King (boxer) - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

    Sources

    Thomas King (boxer) - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNA9MDXPS6WGQQ4FTC
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    Cite and reuse

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    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Tom King. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNA9MDXPS6WGQQ4FTC - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNA9MDXPS6WGQQ4FTC, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Tom King}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNA9MDXPS6WGQQ4FTC}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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