The prizefighter who left Derby a boxing hero - but died a pauper2017-10-15 · Derby Telegraph
While Heenan was still making headlines, often for reasons unconnected with boxing ? he made a practice of beating Menken every night after dinner ? Jones suggested that he should challenge England's champion, Tom Sayers, for the ?heavyweight …
See the Top 10 Boxing Matches of All Time2015-04-29 · TIME
On the morning of 17 April 1860, boxing's inaugural ?world title? match took place. Though the event was illegal, sporting historians accept that John C. Heenan vs Tom Sayers (U.S. vs England, in a Hampshire field) was the first of many thousands of…
Comedy agent and boxing patron dies2013-12-28 · The Argus
The comedy agent was also a boxing enthusiast who once ran Hove Boxing Club at the King Alfred Leisure Centre. Mr Cresswell's great-great- grandfather was bare-knuckle boxing champion Tom Sayers, born in a former slum area of Brighton in 1826…