Tom Spring

United Kingdom
Born 1795-02-22, Fownhope
Died 1851-08-20

Also known as

Thomas Winter

Description

English prizefighter born Thomas Winter. Tom Cribb brought him to London under his patronage in 1814 and handed him the championship in 1822; he retired in 1824 and kept the Castle Inn, Holborn, a centre of the prize ring.

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 (1822-05-15)
    granted by Tom Cribb
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia only.
    “On Cribb's public retirement at the Fives Court on 15th May 1822 he handed over the championship title to Spring.”
    — Tom Spring - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “Dowling (1841) records that 'On 15 May 1822, Cribb publicly resigned the championship on the stage of the Fives Court, on which occasion he was presented with a belt, and was succeeded by Tom Spring'.”
    — Tom Cribb - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

“Jackson, Cribb, as well as younger fighters such as Tom Spring (Thomas Winter, 1795–1851) and Peter Crawley (1799–1865) fulfilled their role with aplomb.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info
Tom Spring - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNEBNSJN5X4GTQ06V5
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Tom Spring. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNEBNSJN5X4GTQ06V5 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNEBNSJN5X4GTQ06V5, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Tom Spring}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNEBNSJN5X4GTQ06V5}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
data_object JSON-LDdata_object Turtle

Database content on this page is CC BY-SA 4.0; the database right is separately reserved. Licensing