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James Figg - Wikipedia (English)
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English Wikipedia article on James Figg (before 1700–1734), prizefighter and teacher of weapons and boxing: his training under the defence instructor Timothy Buck, his Oxford Road amphitheatre and fighting school (1719), his students (Thomas Sibblis, George Taylor and others), and his posthumous standing as the first boxing champion.
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- Peer reviewNot peer-reviewed
- Accessed2026-10-22
- Archived2026-07-16
- Languageen
- Native titleJames Figg
- URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Figg
- Archived copyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Figg&oldid=1364375452
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). James Figg - Wikipedia (English). In
Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database.
https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNB90T86PJZ87EVMAA - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed
ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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