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Bill Richmond

“The Black Terror”

(August 5, 1763 – December 28, 1829)

 

1810 depiction of Richmond  [Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons]

 

– – – Websites – – –

Chill, Adam. 2017. Bare-Knuckle Britons and Fighting Irish: Boxing, Race, Religion and Nationality in the 18th And 19th Centuries.
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.

Smith, Kevin R. 2003. Black Genesis: The History of the Black Prizefighter 1760-1870. New York: iUniverse Inc.

Williams, Luke G. “Bill Richmond: The black boxer wowed the court of George IV and taught Lord Byron to spar,” The Independent, August 26, 2015.

Bill Richmond – Wikipedia Commons

 

– – – Videos – – –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTfU6T_hCN4

Bare Knuckle Boxer 3 – [Min: 9:57]

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