Title

'Tom Cribb's second battle with Molineaux', 1811 (late 19th or early 20th century). Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Tom Cribb's second battle with Molineaux', 1811 (late 19th or early 20th century). An illustration from Famous Fights. English boxer Tom Cribb (1781-1848) held the English heavyweight championship from 1808 until 1822, when he retired. He fought Tom Molineaux (1784-1818) for the championship twice. In this meeting, at Thistleton Gap, he won by a knockout in the 11th round. Molineaux was a former American slave and was the first black man to fight for the heavyweight title.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1890

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C58_168

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,5Mb) / 11,2in x 17,4in / 3347 x 5224 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people black male sport crowd man men country guy watching spectator British English color colour boxer fighting fight boxing location century Britain champion concept punch fighter punching African American African-American afro-american heavyweight boxing ring United States of America United States 19th century spectator sport 1900s 20th century boxing match nineteenth century American America USA The Print Collector bare-knuckle boxing Unknown Tom prizefighter prizefighting Tom Cribb Cribb Tom Molineaux Molineaux