Title

'The second fight between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock', 1851 (late 19th or early 20th century).Artist: Pugnis

Caption

'The second fight between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock', 1851 (late 19th or early 20th century). An illustration from Famous Fights. Tom Paddock (1824-1863) fought Harry Paulson three times, twice in 1851 and once more in 1854. Paddock won the second fight, staged in Belper, Derbyshire, in the 86th round but a riot broke out and afterwards both boxers were jailed for 10 months with hard labour. Paddock went on to be English heavyweight champion between 1856 and 1858.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C58_163

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,2Mb) / 12,6in x 15,3in / 3794 x 4603 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male sport crowd man men country guy watching spectator British English color colour boxer fighting fight boxing location Victorian century Britain champion concept punch fighter derbyshire punching chaos disorder riot heavyweight boxing ring 19th century spectator sport 1900s 20th century boxing match nineteenth century rioting The Print Collector Belper TGN bare-knuckle boxing Harry Tom prizefighter prizefighting Pugnis Tom Paddock Paddock Harry Paulson Paulson