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The Bricklayer's Fists: How Tom Sayers Conquered The World

The Bricklayer's Fists: How Tom Sayers Conquered The World

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Before Pay-Per-View, YouTube, or basic safety regulations, there was Tom Sayers—the 5-foot-8 bricklayer from Brighton, who became Victorian Britain’s most terrifying bare-knuckle boxing champion.


​In this episode, we take to the ring with the wild history of 19th-century prize fighting, leading up to the infamous 1860 World Title brawl between English champion Tom Sayers and American powerhouse John C. Heenan ("The Benicia Boy"). It was a 42-round, 2-hour-and-a half hour fighting frenzy featuring broken arms, a strangulation, a mob riot, and a police raid.


​In this episode:
​How a bricklayer became an international sports superstar

Why thousands of Victoria England's great, good, unwashed and notorious stood shoulder to shoulder in a Hampshire field at 7 AM to watch two men try and knock each other out.


​The rules (or complete lack thereof) of Victorian prize fighting.


​The legendary 1860 World Heavyweight Championship chaos
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