Description
James Figg's amphitheatre and fighting school in Oxford Road, London,
opened in 1719, where he taught boxing, fencing, quarterstaff and cudgel and
staged fights for crowds of up to a thousand. His student Thomas Sibblis took it
over in 1731 when Figg moved to Poland Street.
Also known as
Figg's fighting school
Locations (1)
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Oxford Road (now Oxford Street), Marylebone, adjoining the City of Oxford tavern
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“In 1719, Figg opened an amphitheatre and fighting school in London adjoining
the City of Oxford tavern in Oxford Road, Marylebone, where he taught
bare-knuckle boxing, fencing, quarterstaff, and cudgel combat.”
Instructors (2)
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person
James Figg
1719 – 1731
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Independent sources state it.
“In 1719, Figg opened an amphitheatre and fighting school in London adjoining
the City of Oxford tavern in Oxford Road, Marylebone, where he taught
bare-knuckle boxing, fencing, quarterstaff, and cudgel combat.”
“Capitalizing on this popularity, Figg opened a boxing academy in London in
1719.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010).
Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation
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person
Thomas Sibblis
1731
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“In June 1731, Figg began teaching at new premises in Poland Street, and his
student Thomas Sibblis took over the Oxford Road amphitheatre.”
Trained here (1)
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person
Thomas Sibblis
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“His students included early professional prizefighters such as William
Flanders, William Gill, and Thomas Sibblis, as well as men of the gentry and
nobility.”
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boxing · prizefighting · united-kingdom
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Figg's Amphitheatre. In Martialis:
Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNBK5K3PX490ASR0W3 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNBK5K3PX490ASR0W3, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Figg's Amphitheatre}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage
Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNBK5K3PX490ASR0W3}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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