Nat Langham

United Kingdom
Born 1820-05-20, Hinckley, Leicestershire
Died 1871-09-01

Also known as

Stephen Nathaniel Langham · Old Nat

Description

English middleweight prize fighter from Hinckley, taught at Dick Cain's sparring rooms in Leicester, English middleweight champion from 1846 and the only man to beat Tom Sayers. In retirement he ran London taverns and a boxing club, was Jem Mace's matchmaker, and mentored Mace and Tom King.

Teachers (1)

  • Dick Cain
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia only.
    “After a neighborhood brawl, he was discovered by Leicester pugilist Dick Cain, and learned to box at Cain's sparring rooms at the Castle Tavern, at Leicester's 43 Gallowtree Gate.”
    — Nat Langham - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Students (2)

  • Tom King
    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
  • Jem Mace
    sports_martial_artsBoxing Possible
    Possible
    Wikipedia only; it says mentor, and Langham was also his matchmaker.
    Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia only; it says mentor, and Langham was also his matchmaker.
    “He was a 1992 inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and a mentor to the British boxers Tom King and Jem Mace.”
    — Nat Langham - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Honours (1)

  • receipt_longEnglish middleweight champion Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    Title (1846-11-23)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Wikipedia only.
    “Langham first took the championship by defeating George Gutteridge on 23 November 1846.”
    — Nat Langham - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

“He was a 1992 inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and a mentor to the British boxers Tom King and Jem Mace.”
— Nat Langham - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXN1CG8GCKHABYWR5C
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Nat Langham. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXN1CG8GCKHABYWR5C - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5KQTRGXN1CG8GCKHABYWR5C, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Nat Langham}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXN1CG8GCKHABYWR5C}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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