Peter Crawley (boxer)
Peter Crawley | |
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Nickname(s) | Young Rump Steak |
Weight(s) | 164.5 lb (74.6 kg) |
Height | 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) |
Nationality | British |
Born | Newington Green, London | 5 December 1799
Died | 12 March 1865 West Smithfield, London | (aged 65)
Peter Crawley (born 5 December 1799, Newington Green, London – 12 March 1865, West Smithfield, London) was a British bare-knuckle boxer. He won the Heavyweight Championship of England in 1827.
Fights[]
1815[]
- Pat Flannagan - WIN
1816-1817[]
- Bill Hunt - WIN
- Jack Bennett - WIN
- Tom Price - WIN
- Bill Coleman - WIN
- "Clara Market John" - WIN
- Harry Buckstone - WIN
- Tom McCarthy - WIN
- Tom Tyler - WIN
- Shirley's Carman - WIN
- Big Drayman - WIN
1818[]
- 11 February - Tom Watson - DRAW
- 7 August - Ben Sutcliffe - WIN
1819[]
- 16 March - Tom Hickman - LOSE
1822[]
- 7 May - "Southern's Bully" - WIN
1823[]
- 5 May - Dick Acton - WIN
- Crawley defeated some more minor opponents
1825[]
- Crawley was unsuccessful to find a backed to fight with Jem Ward for the heavyweight championship of England
1826[]
- "Unknown Englander" - WIN (private fight)
1827[]
- 2 January - Jem Ward - WIN - Crawley becomes Heavyweight Champion of England
- 4 January - Crawley retires from the ring and refused to meet Jem Ward in another Championship fight
References[]
Categories:
- 1799 births
- 1865 deaths
- Boxers from Greater London
- People from the London Borough of Hackney
- English male boxers
- Heavyweight boxers
- English boxing biography stubs