Owen Swift

United Kingdom
Born 1814
Died 1879-06-09

Description

English lightweight prizefighter. The death of "Brighton Bill" Phelps after their 1838 bout, and Swift's conviction for manslaughter, led to the London Prize Ring Rules. In 1838 he twice beat Jack Adams in France; in Paris he also beat Charles Lecour in a savate-against-boxing assault. He later kept a tavern in Soho.

Honours (1)

  • receipt_longLightweight champion Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    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
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    fact_check
    Single source.
    “the result of a bout with the popular lightweight champion Owen Swift (ca. 1815–1879)”
    — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Sources

“Swift's last two fights were both with Jack Adams, on 5 June and 5 September 1838, both in France.”
— Owen Swift - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
“il se mesura avec le célèbre boxeur anglais Owen – Swift.”
— Charles Lecour - Wikipédia (fr). Wikipedia (French) link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNPEC9P92Z9ZHEPNHF
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Owen Swift. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNPEC9P92Z9ZHEPNHF - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNPEC9P92Z9ZHEPNHF, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Owen Swift}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNPEC9P92Z9ZHEPNHF}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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