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Figg's Amphitheatre

categoryAcademy
calendar_month1719
location_onLondon United Kingdom

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)

  • location_onLondon United Kingdom
    Oxford Road (now Oxford Street), Marylebone, adjoining the City of Oxford tavern
    fact_check1 source expand_more
    “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.”
    — James Figg - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Founder

James Figg

Instructors (2)

  • James Figg
    Head instructorsports_martial_artsBoxing
    1719 – 1731
    Confirmed
    Confirmed
    Independent sources state it.
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    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.”
    — James Figg - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “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 info
  • Thomas Sibblis
    Head instructorsports_martial_artsBoxing
    1731
    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.
    “In June 1731, Figg began teaching at new premises in Poland Street, and his student Thomas Sibblis took over the Oxford Road amphitheatre.”
    — James Figg - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Trained here (1)

  • Thomas Sibblis
    sports_martial_artsBoxing Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    under James Figg
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “His students included early professional prizefighters such as William Flanders, William Gill, and Thomas Sibblis, as well as men of the gentry and nobility.”
    — James Figg - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Tags

boxing · prizefighting · united-kingdom

Sources

James Figg - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

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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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