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Bell's Life in London published 22nd April 1860 with Supplement to Bell's Life in London bearing the same date with reports of the Great International

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Bell's Life in London published 22nd April 1860 with Supplement to Bell's Life in London bearing the same date with reports of the Great International Prize Fight between Tom Sayers and John C. Heenan, The Sayers v Heenan fight took place on 17th April 1860 at Farnborough in Hampshire and is generally considered to have been the first World Championship boxing match. However, the fight ended in chaos with spectators in the ring and the police intervening provoking the referee to call the fight a draw. not illustrated