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English lightweight prizefighter, the early teacher of Owen Swift.

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  Owen Swift

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  Miles, quoting Dowling's obituary of Curtis, calls him Curtis's early 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, quoting Dowling's obituary of Curtis, calls him Curtis's early pupil; one source.

  “Long as we have known Curtis, we never heard of his having deceived a friend, [...] among whom we may rank his early pupil and protégé, Owen Swift”

  — Miles, Henry Downes. (1906). Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing, Volume 2link info

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